tongue-tied
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tongue-tied englanniksi
Having tongue-tie or (l).
Prevented from or unable to express oneself clearly or fluently, or freely; a loss for words, speechless.
(RQ:Calvin Golding Psalmes)
(RQ:Shakespeare Sonnets)
(RQ:Livy Holland Romane Historie) Appius Claudius Caecus|''Appius'' &91;''Claudius Caecus''&93; in trumping and taunting manner, gave out and ſaid, That they vvere beholden to him, and might con(sic) him thank, that of a dumb and tongue-tied Conſul they had one novv, that vvas ſo ready and eloquent: (..)
(RQ:L'Estrange Fables of Aesop)
(RQ:Gandhi Experiments) And it was not a little curious that whilst others expressed their opinions at these meetings, I sat quite silent. Not that I never felt tempted to speak. But I was at a loss to know how to express myself.
(RQ:Stevenson Kidnapped)
Physically unable to speak; dumb, mute.
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