5 Alternatives don't know which word to use?

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Could you please help me with these 5 sentences?

1 Try to make less noise (while) drinking.
2 There are four hooks two of which are being used. So hang your coat elsewhere.
3 I can alleviate/appease/subside, but I can't suppress it.
4 What shoes size are you/What size shoe are you.
5 I wish there was a device you could point at people and you'd know what nationality they were.

thank you

Philip · Accepted Answer

#3 meaning?

5. I wish there were a device

Alc24 · Answer

THank you

For 3, If you have a tic,
would it be

I can subside it but not suppress it/appease it....?

And both number 4 are oK?

thanks

Khoff · Answer

I think you would say you can suppress it (for a time), but you can't prevent it or eliminate it completely.
(The other verbs you suggest really don't work here. "Subside" is intransitive.)

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