English example sentences with "tongue"

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You've got to learn to hold your tongue.
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A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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Linda stuck her tongue out.
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Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
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You must educate your tongue to distinguish good coffee from bad.
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Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
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French is her mother tongue.
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French is their mother tongue.
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When the little boy saw the clown, the cat got his tongue.
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The chili burnt my tongue.
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The dip burned my tongue.
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A slip of tongue will often lead us to unexpected results.
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That child stuck out his tongue at me.
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The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.
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The foreigner spoke Japanese as if it were her mother tongue.
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Not all Americans speak English as their mother tongue.
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I'm sorry. It was just a slip of the tongue.
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Hold your tongue and listen to me.
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This mustard really bites the tongue.
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The cola made my tongue tingle.
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The coffee was so hot that I nearly burned my tongue.
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Miss Gray told the boy to hold his tongue while she was speaking.
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Hold your tongue! You talk too much!
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A slip of the tongue often brings about unexpected results.
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Although I was angry at the man for his rudeness, I held my tongue.
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What is your mother tongue?
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He has a sharp tongue.
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He has a smooth tongue.
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Don't tell him. He's got a loose tongue.
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It's on the tip of my tongue.
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The dog licked the plate with its tongue.
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The words are on the tip of my tongue, but I don't quite know how to put what I want to say.
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Watch out for your tongue.
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My tongue slipped.
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The tongue wounds more than a lance.
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You'd better hold your tongue.
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No tongue can tell of the wonders I saw.
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My mother tongue is Japanese.
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My tongue failed me.
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I thought it wiser to hold my tongue.
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By the look in his eye I could tell that he was speaking tongue in cheek.
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He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.
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A slip of the tongue is sometimes fatal to a politician.
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A woman's strength is in her tongue.
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There is no stopping a girl's tongue.
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A woman's hair is long; her tongue is longer.
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Would you mind holding your tongue for a while?
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Bite your tongue!
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You should hold your tongue while someone else is talking.
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The tongue stings.
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A tongue is the most venomous thing of all.
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Put out your tongue, please.
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Let me see your tongue.
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The teacher told Mary to hold her tongue.
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Many doctors look at your tongue first when they begin an examination.
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Sadako wanted to say more, but her mouth and tongue wouldn't move.
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Japanese is our mother tongue.
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The tongue of a cat feels rough.
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Hot soup burned her tongue.
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His name is on the tip of my tongue.
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His name was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't remember it.
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He picked up a mirror and examined his tongue.
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He kept his tongue under a bridle.
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He held his tongue and didn't say a word.
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He was raised in the States, but his mother tongue is Japanese.
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She motioned me to hold my tongue.
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He held his tongue while he was being scolded.
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He stuck out his tongue at his teacher.
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He scalded his tongue with the hot tea.
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When she was late, I felt like scolding her, but I held my tongue.
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She has a loose tongue.
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She has an acid tongue.
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She has a sharp tongue.
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Translating helps us to know our mother tongue better.
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Hold your tongue!
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Hold your tongue, or you'll be punished.
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Hold your tongue, or you'll be killed.
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The eyes are as eloquent as the tongue.
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The little girl stuck out her tongue at him.
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If you sleep on your back it's easier for your upper airway to be obstructed because your tongue, uvula, etc. slip towards the back of your throat.
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A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.
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Slip of the tongue.
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French is his mother tongue.
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Stick out your tongue.
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He picked up a mirror and looked at his tongue.
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The words themselves are on the tip of my tongue, but I just can't say it.
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Spanish is his mother tongue.
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Spanish is her mother tongue.
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The word is on the tip of my tongue.
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English is my mother tongue.
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I'll try to stay on your good side, lest I get cut in two by that acerbic tongue of yours.
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My mother tongue is Spanish.
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If your tongue turns black, you should probably see a doctor.
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He took a mirror and carefully examined his tongue.
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You must turn your tongue seven times in your mouth before you speak.
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A dream... I was trying to explain to St. Peter, and was doing it in the German tongue, because I didn't want to be too explicit.
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Italian is my mother tongue.
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Foreign accent syndrome is an as-yet unexplained medical condition where the patient can no longer pronounce his mother tongue correctly and seems to have a foreign accent.
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Where a tooth aches, there goes the tongue.
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Please stick out your tongue.
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German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!
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Also check out the following words: warned, occasions, Saturday, cell, jumped, quarreled, caviar, knife, managed, bring.