tongue-tied
/ˈtʌŋtʌɪd/
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
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- Past ending sound
tongue - tied -> tongue tied
tongue /tʌŋ/ n
၁။ [C] လျှာ။ ❍ THROAT, TOOTH ❍ BODY
၂။ [U, C] လျှာ။ sliced ox tongue.
၃။ [C] (fml or rhet ) စကား။ ဘာသာ။ He speaks English, but his native tongue is German. ❍ speak in tongues (ie in strange or unknown languages). See also MOTHER TONGUE
၄။ [C usu sing ] နှုတ်။ အာ။ She has a very sharp tongue.
၅။ [C] လျှာ။ ကြက်လျှာပုံ။ သန်လျက်ပုံ။ a tongue of flame ❍ a narrow tongue of land jutting out into the sea ❍ the tongue of a shoe (ie the piece of leather under the laces). ❍ SHOE
❏ get one's tongue round/ around sth [IDM ] ခက်ခက်ခဲခဲ အသံထုတ်သည်၊ ဆိုသည်။
❏ mind/ watch one's tongue [IDM] မပြောမိအောင် နှုတ်ကိုထိန်းသည်။
❏ put/stick one's tongue out [IDM] လျှာ ထုတ်ပြသည်။ Don't you dare stick your tongue out at me!
❏ roll/ slip/ trip off the tongue [IDM ] လျှာအရိုးမရှိတိုင်း ပြောသည်။ compliments tripping easily off the tongue.
❏ set tongues wagging [PHRV ] (infml ) အားရပါးရ အတင်းပြောရန် စပေးသည်။ Their affair has really set tongues wagging.
❏ - tongued (forming compound adjs ) နှုတ်… သော။ အပြော၊ အာ…သော။ sharp- tongued ❍ evil-tongued.
❏ tongue-in-cheek adj ထေ့သော။ ငေါ့သော။ ပြက်လုံးထုတ် သော။ tongue-in-cheek remarks.
❏ tongue-tied adj အာစေးထည့်ထားသော။
❏ tongue-twister n လျှာခလုတ်တိုက်စကား။ သာဓက။ ။ She sells sea shells on the seashore.
❏ with (one's) tongue in one's cheek [IDM ] ခပ်ထေ့ထေ့။ ငေါ့တော့တော့။ မထိတထိ။ write/ joke with tongue in cheek.
- I burnt my tongue on the hot coffee.
- [your native tongue] : English was clearly not his native tongue.
- [a foreign tongue] : They were speaking in some foreign tongue.
- [a sharp tongue] : She has a rather sharp tongue.
- [a silver tongue] : I hope you’ve not allowed yourself to be persuaded by Laura’s silver tongue.
- [tongue of] : A tongue of flame/fire
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