Angol | Svéd |
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tongue [tongues] (flap in a shoe) noun [UK: tʌŋ] [US: ˈtəŋ] | plös [~en ~ar]substantiv |
tongue [tongues] (organ) noun [UK: tʌŋ] [US: ˈtəŋ] | tungasubstantiv |
tongue-in-cheek (witty, jocular, humorous) adjective [UK: ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk] [US: ˌtʌŋ ɪn ˈtʃiːk] | med glimten i ögatadjektiv |
tongue-tied (suffering from tongue-tie or ankyloglossia) adjective [UK: ˈtʌn taɪd] [US: ˈtʌn taɪd] | tunghäfta ~nadjektiv |
tongue-twister [tongue-twisters] (phrase which is difficult to say) noun [UK: ˈtʌn twɪ.stə(r)] [US: ˈtʌn twɪ.stər] | tungvrickare [~n ~, ~vrickarna]substantiv |
cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?) phrase | |
forked tongue noun | ; kluven tungasubstantiv gadd [~en ~ar]substantiv kluven tungasubstantiv |
hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | knipa igenverb knipa käftverb tiga [teg, tigit, pres. tiger]verb |
hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) noun | hundtunga [~n ~tungor]substantiv |
mother-in-law's tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata, Dracaena trifasciata) noun | svärmors tungasubstantiv |
mother tongue [mother tongues] (one's native tongue) noun [UK: ˈmʌð.ə(r) tʌŋ] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩ ˈtəŋ] | modersmål [~et ~]substantiv |
on the tip of one's tongue (known but not quite remembered) preposition | ha något i bakhuvudetpreposition ha något på tunganpreposition |
parseltongue (language of snakes in Harry Potter) proper noun | ormviskningproper noun |
slip of the tongue (mistake in speech) noun [UK: slɪp əv ðə tʌŋ] [US: sˈlɪp əv ðə ˈtəŋ] | felsägning [~en ~ar]substantiv |
speak in tongues (speak in a language unknown to the speaker) verb | tala i tungorverb |
speak with a forked tongue verb | |
stick one's tongue out (to push one's tongue out) verb | lipa [~de ~t]verb räcka ut tunganverb |