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Significats de tongue-tied en anglès

Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently.

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The letter was long and incoherent; blotted with tears-inplaces completely illegible.
Charlotte's Inheritance
2
It was futile, incoherent; her tongue seemed to dry in her mouth.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
3
It was not very explicit; on the contrary, it was rather incoherent.
Empire Builders
4
His speech was incoherent so he couldn't tell us what had happened.
The Guardian
5
The child is confused and incoherent: verbalization is generally present but disorganized.
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Ús de tongue-tied en anglès
1
For almost the first time in his life John Chetwynd was tongue-tied.
If Only etc.
2
I'm not usually tongue-tied, but getting my hunch out proves surprisingly difficult.
Back on murder
3
For some reason the two men seemed ill at ease and tongue-tied.
The Velvet Glove
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She says the pupils arrive tongue-tied dolts, and go out cultured artists.
The new yorker
5
And thus fuming at my tongue-tied awkwardness, I went along the path.
Humphrey Bold: A Story of the Times of Benbow
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Yeovil said nothing, and Joan understood the value of being occasionally tongue-tied.
When William Came
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Then the half-baked, tongue-tied fellow came over and gobbled at him eagerly.
Cow-Country
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She felt herself tongue-tied, and the hot blood rose to her face.
The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
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I'd never been so tongue-tied in the presence of anyone else before.
How to make love like a porn star
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He thought my tongue-tied confusion and reticence around Marcellus was an act?
Cleopatra's Moon
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He stammered and backed out like a tongue-tied boy.' The cardinal chuckled.
Wolf hall
12
You see he had been tongue-tied at his own temerity at first.
On the Edge of the War Zone / From the Battle of the Marne to th...
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Yet before her he was tongue-tied, incapable of uttering a consecutive sentence.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
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The man obeyed and when the lady came down she was tongue-tied.
The new yorker
15
When alone with this remarkable young woman, Bruce found himself invariably tongue-tied.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
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It, however, checked her advances, and for some time held her tongue-tied.
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
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