- get tongue around
- Общая лексика: выговорить (трудное слово) (e.g. I can't get my tongue around the names of these Welsh towns)
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
get tongue around
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get your tongue around — informal ◇ If you cannot get your tongue around a word or phrase, you have difficulty saying it. I can t get my tongue around his last name. • • • Main Entry: ↑tongue … Useful english dictionary
get (your) tongue around (something) — get (your) tongue around/round (something) to pronounce a difficult word or phrase. I just can t get my tongue around some of those Welsh place names … New idioms dictionary
get your tongue around something — get your ˈtongue around/round sth idiom to pronounce a difficult word correctly • He was having trouble getting his tongue around my name. Main entry: ↑tongueidiom … Useful english dictionary
get one's tongue around — pronounce (words) she found it very difficult to get her tongue around the unfamiliar words … Useful english dictionary
get your tongue round something — informal phrase to pronounce a difficult or strange word I had trouble getting my tongue round some of their names. Thesaurus: pronunciation and pronouncing wordssynonym Main entry: tongue * * * get your ˈtongue around/round sth … Useful english dictionary
get (your) tongue round (something) — get (your) tongue around/round (something) to pronounce a difficult word or phrase. I just can t get my tongue around some of those Welsh place names … New idioms dictionary
tongue — tongue1 W3S3 [tʌŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(mouth)¦ 2 click your tongue 3 sharp tongue 4 silver tongue 5 sharp tongued/silver tongued etc 6 with (your) tongue in (your) cheek 7 slip of the tongue 8 bite your tongue 9 Cat got your tongue? … Dictionary of contemporary English
tongue — /tVN/ noun 1 MOUTH (C) the soft, moveable part inside your mouth that you use for tasting, eating, and speaking: Joe ran his tongue over his dry lips. | The dog panted, his tongue hanging out in the heat. | stick your tongue out (=put your tongue … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tongue — noun 1 soft part inside the mouth ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ forked ▪ loose, sharp (both figurative) ▪ Everyone knows now, thanks to Ken s loose tongue (= he could not keep the secret) … Collocations dictionary
around — [[t]əra͟ʊnd[/t]] ♦ (Around is an adverb and a preposition. In British English, the word round is often used instead. Around is often used with verbs of movement, such as walk and drive , and also in phrasal verbs such as get around and hand… … English dictionary
tongue — tongue1 [ tʌŋ ] noun ** ▸ 1 organ in mouth ▸ 2 language ▸ 3 way of speaking/writing ▸ 4 animal tongue as food ▸ 5 long narrow piece ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the long soft piece of flesh attached to the bottom of your mouth that you use for tasting … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
