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1 tongue
n. tunga; mål; språk* * *1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) tunga2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) tunga3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) tunga4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) språk, tungomål -
2 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).) -
3 hold one's tongue
hålla mun; tiga* * *(to remain silent or stop talking: There were a lot of things I wanted to say, but I thought I'd better just hold my tongue.) -
4 mother-tongue
noun (a person's native language: My mother-tongue is Hindi.) modersmål -
5 native language/tongue
noun My native language is Spanish, but I also speak English and German.) -
6 bit his tongue
[han] höll tand för tunga -
7 bite one's tongue
hålla tand för tunga; bita ihop -
8 burn the tongue
bränna tungan; ljuga -
9 clean tongue
ren tunga -
10 click one's tongue
(ungefär) smacka med tungan -
11 coated tongue
belagd tunga -
12 couldn't find his tongue
tappade målföret -
13 death and life are in the power of the tongue
tungan har liv och död i sin hand (ord har stor makt och kan till och med vara livsavgörande)English-Swedish dictionary > death and life are in the power of the tongue
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14 find one's tongue
få mål i mun -
15 furred tongue
vit tunga (tecken på sjukdom) -
16 give tongue
ge hals, höjsa rösten -
17 have a long tongue
tala för mycket om saker som inte angår en -
18 have a ready tongue
vara rapp i munnen -
19 have a tongue
ha en tendens att prata för mycket -
20 held his tongue
höll mun, teg, var tyst
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tongue — [tuŋ] n. [ME tunge < OE, akin to Ger zunge < IE base * dṇĝhū , tongue > L lingua (OL dingua)] 1. the movable muscular structure attached to the floor of the mouth in most vertebrates: it is an important organ in the ingestion of food,… … English World dictionary
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