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Meanings of foreign tongue in English

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Usage of foreign tongue in English
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The eager exclamations on all sides were uttered in a foreign tongue.
The Little Colonel's Hero
2
It was like finally understanding an oft-heard phrase in a foreign tongue.
Bunker Bean
3
The orator swings his arms, and in his foreign tongue, goes on.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
4
Many persons, otherwise gifted, are quite unable to learn any foreign tongue.
China and the Chinese
5
His father's eyes narrowed as if he'd spoken in a foreign tongue.
The new yorker
6
The sound of the foreign tongue completed the discomfiture of the little Italian.
What Katy Did Next
7
He sprang forward; and Viola heard his wild cry in a foreign tongue.
Zanoni
8
The recitations were good, considering that they were uttered in a foreign tongue.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
9
Her mistress smiled and added a few words in foreign tongue.
The Girl in the Golden Atom
10
Eliza looked as if he had spoken in a foreign tongue.
What Necessity Knows
11
The Bohemian, after a pause, spoke once more, but in a foreign tongue.
David Elginbrod
12
Peggy panted inanely as if the word were of foreign tongue.
Joyce of the North Woods
13
They shouted loud in some foreign tongue, but no mercy was shown them.
The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales
14
She assisted him to think that he spoke the foreign tongue.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 1
15
When he learned English it was like acquiring a foreign tongue.
The War After the War
16
He was not a man who prattled readily, especially in a foreign tongue.
The Clicking of Cuthbert
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Foreign tongue through the time
Foreign tongue across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common