CAT GET`S ONE`S TONGUE

Meaning of CAT GET`S ONE`S TONGUE in English

one is not willing to talk because of shyness The cat seemed to have gotten her tongue and she was not able to say anything.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONGUE — Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, and …
Английский словарь Британика
CAT — I or feline Any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivore s. Modern-type cats …
Английский словарь Британика
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAT — I. ˈkat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUE — — tongueless , adj. — tonguelike , adj. /tung/ , n. , v. tongued, tonguing . n. 1. Anat. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAT — /kat/ , n. , v. , catted, catting . n. 1. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High German zunga tongue, Latin lingua Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE — noun any small sole. 2. tongue ·noun the clapper of a bell. 3. tongue ·noun ·same·as reed, ·noun, 5. 4. …
Webster English vocab
CAT — noun a cat o' nine tails. ·see below. 2. cat ·noun a strong tackle used to draw an anchor up …
Webster English vocab
TONGUE — [tongue] n [ME tunge, fr. OE; akin to OHG zunga tongue, L lingua] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a fleshy movable …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE — in most vertebrates, an organ, capable of various muscular movements, located on the floor of the mouth. In some animals …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAT — (family Felidae), any of a group of carnivorous mammals that includes the true catslion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, puma, and domestic …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAT — cat BrE AmE kæt ▷ cats kæts ▶ ˈ cat ˌ burglar BrE AmE ▶ ˈ cat ˌ cracker BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TONGUE — / tʌŋ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the soft part in the mouth that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. tongue 1 S3 W3 /tʌŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tunge ] 1 . MOUTH …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONGUE — n. & v. n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1. the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Oxford English vocab
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE — ( tongues) 1. Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT — ( cats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cat is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES click your tongue (= make a short sound with your tongue to show disapproval …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (= quickly moves it from side to side ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Cambridge English vocab
TONGUE — n. Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CAT — n. Abyssinian cat Burmese cat calico cat cat's eye domestic cat house cat Kit Cat Club Maine coon cat Manx …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GET — Synonyms and related words : OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONGUE — See: AT THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE, CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE, HOLD ONE'S TONGUE, KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S …
Slang English vocab
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
Slang English vocab
TONGUE — n. long tongue tongue lash tongue tied tongue walk
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GET — INDEX: 1. to get something by buying it, asking for it, or finding it 2. to be given something 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
GET — v. 25B6; verb where did you get that hat? : ACQUIRE, obtain, come by, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONGUE — See: AT THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE, CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE, HOLD ONE'S TONGUE, KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S …
Словарь английских идиом
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TONGUE — сущ. 1) а) язык furred/dirty/foul/coated tongue ≈ обложенный язык (у больного) б) язык (еда) 2) что-л., имеющее форму языка, напоминающее …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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