tongue-tied

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tongue-tied englannista suomeksi

  1. sanaton

  1. kieli solmussa

  2. Verbi

tongue-tied englanniksi

  1. Having tongue-tie or (l).

  2. Prevented from or unable to express oneself clearly or fluently, or freely; a loss for words, speechless.

  3. (RQ:Calvin Golding Psalmes)

  4. (RQ:Shakespeare Sonnets)

  5. (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: (..)

  6. (RQ:L'Estrange Fables of Aesop)

  7. (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.

  8. Reluctant to up; reserved, reticent.

  9. (RQ:Stevenson Kidnapped)

  10. Physically unable to speak; dumb, mute.

  11. (infl of)