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quite in English:

1. quite


It's quite difficult to master French in 2 or 3 years.
You're quite right.
You say I should know him quite well, but as a matter of fact, I was introduced to him only last week.
I brought a jacket because it was quite cool this morning.
This time I stayed for the first time in a private villa, and it was really quite something.
If her nose were a little shorter, she would be quite pretty.
The teacher was quite candid about my chances of entering Tokyo University.
Until quite recently, most of the things we needed were made by hand.
Quite by chance, I met my old friend in the airport.
In conversation, one is likely to find out certain things about the other person quite easily.
Tom and Mary argue a lot, but they still get along quite well together.
English is quite often the language of choice when speaking to an international audience.
The 'gold' yearned for by the Japanese synchronized swimming world was not quite reached.
The bronze statue looks quite nice from a distance.
Until quite recently, people in developed countries didn't care much about the environment.

2. somewhat


When he saw her letter, he felt somewhat uneasy.
With the approach of Christmas, business improved somewhat.
Now that I think over it, it's somewhat embarrassing.
somewhat confused
Strictly speaking, his view differs somewhat from mine.
The collaboration between these somewhat eccentric men was filled with strain and compromise on both sides, but in the end they appear to have gotten on well.
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
This is because they are trying to prove they are somewhat independent.
I am very good at appearing organised, although the reality is somewhat different.
While walking, I used to feel somewhat in a hurry.
She received me somewhat unenthusiastically
It is somewhat too Eurocentric and somewhat too compartmentalised as well.
She threw her skinny arms around my neck and planted a somewhat sticky kiss on my cheek.
He was a good-looking but somewhat raffish young gentleman.

3. peace


They made peace.
Is world peace made possible by friendship?
His utter failure at the last peace conference has taught him to arm himself to the teeth with new tricks and tactics.
For world peace, therefore, we must develop the consciousness that we are all one people of planet Earth through continual international cultural and economic exchange.
I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.
Although the phrase "world peace" sounds attractive, the road to world peace is very long and full of troubles.
After countless burials of the hatchet, we always dig it up again. There doesn't seem to be any sign of an ever-lasting peace.

English word "quite"(peace) occurs in sets:

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4. calm


Calm down.
You're pretty calm cool and collected for somebody who has a major presentation tomorrow.
The strike had not been peaceful, however, and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. begged both sides to be patient and calm.
Calm down. I'll come over as soon as possible.
I glared briefly in the referee's direction but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"
At the same time, he didn't hide his fears and doubts, but tried hard to keep his calm and rationality in facing every difficulty.
I don't lose my appetite when I get stressed, rather I can't calm down unless I eat something.
The sea ice is highly variable - frozen solid during cold, calm weather and broken up in large areas of open water during storms.
In contrast to his frightening looks, his voice was kind and calm.
It's much easier to deal with difficulties if you are calm.
Ann is very calm person. She doesn't easily get excited, nervous or upset.
the night was clear and calm / she had to keep calm at all costs / the city was reported to be calm, but army patrols remained / his voice was calm / a dead calm sea
Blue is a particularly calming colour and ideal in counterbalancing high levels of stress.
I’m sorry I didn’t wait for a completely calm day to take you out on your first boat ride.
But, knowing precisely sadness and love and death, and that they are vain images when we observe them from the calm space where we should shut ourselves in, he kept on weeping, and desiring love, and fearing death.