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1 tongue
1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) língua2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) língua3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) língua4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) língua* * *[t∧ŋ] n 1 Anat língua. he puts out his tongue / ele mostra a língua. 2 idioma. 3 fala, modo de falar, linguagem. I found my tongue / coll recuperei a fala. he had lost his tongue / coll ele perdeu a fala. 4 coisa parecida com língua, lingüeta. 5 península. 6 badalo. 7 fiel de balança. 8 pino de fivela. 9 labareda. • vt+vi 1 modular sons em um instrumento de sopro. 2 usar a língua, tocar com a língua. 3 projetar como uma língua. 4 prover (tábuas) de macho e fêmea. a spiteful, bitter, venomous tongue uma língua venenosa. in my mother tongue na minha língua materna. on the tip of the tongue na ponta da língua. ready tongue presença de espírito. slip of the tongue deslize. the gift of tongues talento para idiomas. to give tongue latir (cão de caça). to hold one’s tongue calar a boca. tongue-tied a) com a língua presa. b) fig calado. with one’s tongue hanging out com a língua de fora, ansiosamente. -
2 tongue
1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) língua2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) língua3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) língua4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) língua -
3 tongue
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4 tongue-tacked
tongue-tacked[t∧ŋ t'ækt] adj = link=tongue-tied tongue-tied. -
5 tongue-tied
tongue-tied[t∧ŋ t'aid] adj 1 que sofre de língua presa. 2 incapaz de fazer (por medo ou vergonha).————————tongue-tieda) com a língua presa. b) fig calado. -
6 tongue and groove
tongue and groove[t∧ŋ ən gr'uv] n Tech macho e fêmea. -
7 tongue in cheek
tongue in cheekcom ironia, com ar de troça. -
8 tongue twister
tongue twisterfrase difícil de ser dita com rapidez, trava-língua. -
9 tongue-in-cheek
tongue-in-cheek[t∧ŋ in tʃ'i:k] adj caracterizado por ironia, insinceridade ou exagero. -
10 tongue-lash
tongue-lash[t'∧ŋ læʃ] n coll reprimenda, censura. -
11 tongue-tie
tongue-tie[t'∧ŋ tai] n Med língua presa: dificuldade congênita para movimentar a língua devido ao frênulo curto. -
12 tongue-twister
tongue-twist.er[t'∧ŋ twistə] n trava-língua. -
13 tongue-work
tongue-work[t'∧ŋ wə:k] n conversa tola. -
14 to hold one’s tongue
to hold one’s tonguecalar a boca.————————to hold one’s tonguecalar-se. -
15 be on the tip of one's tongue
(to be almost, but usually not, spoken or said: Her name is on the tip of my tongue (= I can't quite remember it); It was on the tip of my tongue to tell him (= I almost told him).) estar debaixo da línguaEnglish-Portuguese dictionary > be on the tip of one's tongue
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16 be on the tip of one's tongue
(to be almost, but usually not, spoken or said: Her name is on the tip of my tongue (= I can't quite remember it); It was on the tip of my tongue to tell him (= I almost told him).) estar na ponta da línguaEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > be on the tip of one's tongue
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17 adder’s tongue
ad.der’s tongue[ædəz t'∧ŋ] n Bot samambaia língua-de-serpente. -
18 forked tongue
forked tongue[f'ɔ:kt t∧ŋ] n língua comprida, maledicência. -
19 he has a biting tongue
he has a biting tongueele tem a língua afiada. -
20 hound’s tongue
hound’s tongue[h'aundz t∧ŋ] n Bot cinoglossa, língua-de-cão.
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