Inglese | Italiano |
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tongue [tongues] (flap in a shoe) noun [UK: tʌŋ] [US: ˈtəŋ] | linguettanoun |
tongue [tongues] (organ) noun [UK: tʌŋ] [US: ˈtəŋ] | linguanoun |
tongue and groove (joint, in flooring or panelling) noun [UK: tʌŋ ənd ɡruːv] [US: ˈtəŋ ænd ˈɡruːv] | ad incastronoun |
tongue-twister [tongue-twisters] (phrase which is difficult to say) noun [UK: ˈtʌn twɪ.stə(r)] [US: ˈtʌn twɪ.stər] | scioglilinguanoun |
bite one's tongue (prevent oneself from uttering a word) verb | |
bluetongue (disease of ruminants) noun [UK: blˈuːtʌŋ] [US: blˈuːɾʌŋ] | lingua blunoun |
cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?) phrase | |
cat's tongue (biscuit or chocolate confectionery) noun | lingua di gattonoun |
hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | |
loose-tongued (garrulous, gossipy) adjective [UK: luːs tʌŋd] [US: ˈluːs ˈtəŋd] | linguacciutoadjective |
mother tongue [mother tongues] (one's native tongue) noun [UK: ˈmʌð.ə(r) tʌŋ] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩ ˈtəŋ] | madrelinguanoun |
on the tip of one's tongue (known but not quite remembered) preposition | sulla punta della linguapreposition |
parseltongue (language of snakes in Harry Potter) proper noun | serpenteseproper noun |
slip of the tongue (mistake in speech) noun [UK: slɪp əv ðə tʌŋ] [US: sˈlɪp əv ðə ˈtəŋ] | lapsusnoun paperanoun strafalcionenoun |
stick one's tongue out (to push one's tongue out) verb |