quiet oasis
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- noun
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oasis tranquila
- The small garden in the middle of the city feels like a quiet oasis where I can escape the noise.
Examples
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After a long day, I seek a quiet oasis to relax.
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The garden is a quiet oasis in the bustling city.
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He found a quiet oasis in the small, deserted park surrounded by traffic.
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Her garden is a quiet oasis in the heart of the bustling city.
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The library became a quiet oasis for students during exam week.
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After a long week of work, her home became a quiet oasis filled with soft music and candles.
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At the retreat, we discovered a quiet oasis that provided a perfect break from the bustling crowd outside.
Synonyms
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A calm time or place with little noise
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A calm safe place that gives relief in hard times
A peaceful, quiet place in a city that gives people a break from noise
Antonyms
How Peaceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally built from 'quiet' (making little or no noise) modifying 'oasis' (a restorative or relief place), so it denotes a peaceful place amid activity. This adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English composition, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Quiet oasis comes from the image of a green, water-filled spot in a dry desert: an oasis is a calm, safe place in the middle of harsh land, and quiet adds the idea of peace. So calling a place a 'quiet oasis' means it is a 'peaceful place' in the middle of noise or stress.