it loosened his tongue

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• tongue — noun 1 soft part inside the mouth ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ forked ▪ loose, sharp (both figurative) ▪ Everyone knows now, thanks to Ken s loose tongue (= he could not keep the secret) …   Collocations dictionary

• tongue — /tVN/ noun 1 MOUTH (C) the soft, moveable part inside your mouth that you use for tasting, eating, and speaking: Joe ran his tongue over his dry lips. | The dog panted, his tongue hanging out in the heat. | stick your tongue out (=put your tongue …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tongue — tongue1 W3S3 [tʌŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(mouth)¦ 2 click your tongue 3 sharp tongue 4 silver tongue 5 sharp tongued/silver tongued etc 6 with (your) tongue in (your) cheek 7 slip of the tongue 8 bite your tongue 9 Cat got your tongue? …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tongue — tongue1 [ tʌŋ ] noun ** ▸ 1 organ in mouth ▸ 2 language ▸ 3 way of speaking/writing ▸ 4 animal tongue as food ▸ 5 long narrow piece ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the long soft piece of flesh attached to the bottom of your mouth that you use for tasting …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• loosen — [[t]lu͟ːs(ə)n[/t]] loosens, loosening, loosened 1) VERB If someone loosens restrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe. [V n] Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to loosen interest rates... [V… …   English dictionary

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• Darco Antonio de Dominis —     Marco Antonio de Dominis     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Marco Antonio de Dominis     Dalmatian ecclesiastic, apostate, and man of science, b. on the island of Arbe, off the coast of Dalmatia, in 1566; d. in the Castle of Sant’ Angelo, Rome,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• loosen — loos|en [ˈlu:sən] v 1.) [I and T] to make something less tight or less firmly fastened, or to become less tight or less firmly fastened ≠ ↑tighten ▪ You ll need a spanner to loosen that bolt. ▪ The screws have loosened. ▪ Harry loosened his tie.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Pingu episodes series 4 — This is an list of episodes with synopses for series 4 of the stop motion animated television series Pingu . =Series 1 (1986 1991)= =Series 2 (1991 1994)= =Series 3 (1994 1996)= =Series 4 (1998)= Pingu s DisadvantagePingu is out on his sledge. He …   Wikipedia

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• loosen — verb 1 (I, T) to make something less tight or less firmly fixed, or to become less tight or less firmly fixed: You ll need a spanner to loosen that bolt. | Check the plug there may be a loosened connection. 2 (T) to unfasten something, especially …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English