"tongue" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tongue sustantivo

sustantivo + tongue

Kolokacji: 16

mother tongue • tongue of flame • silver tongue • tongue of fire • beef tongue • ...

tongue + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 11

Mother tongue language • tongue depressor • tongue twister • tongue tip • Tongue River • ...

tongue + verbo

Kolokacji: 83

tongue licks • tongue feels • tongue lolls • tongue flicks • tongue wagging • ...

verbo + tongue

Kolokacji: 59

hold one's tongue • bite one's tongue • swell of tongue • stick out one's tongue • use one's tongue • click one's tongue • ...

adjetivo + tongue

Kolokacji: 93

native tongue • sharp tongue • long tongue • pink tongue • foreign tongue • strange tongue • red tongue • common tongue • ...

frequent collocations

Kolokacji: 12

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 20

(1) native, foreign, strange, unknown, alien, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(2) sharp, rough, guttural, harsh, tart, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(3) long, little, small, tiny, large, ...

Kolokacji: 9

(4) pink, red, blue, purple, golden, ...

Kolokacji: 10

(5) common, vulgar, respective

Kolokacji: 3

(6) ancient, old, pointed

Kolokacji: 3

(7) human, numb

Kolokacji: 2

(8) black, wicked, evil, foul, filthy, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(9) civil, ancestral

Kolokacji: 2

(10) swollen, warm, hot, fiery, Loving, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(11) dry, sticky, parched, moist

Kolokacji: 4

(12) wet, loose, local, Indian, stiff

Kolokacji: 5

(13) thick, glib, narrow, thin

Kolokacji: 4

1. thick tongue = gruby język thick tongue

2. glib tongue = gładki język glib tongue

3. narrow tongue = wąski język narrow tongue

She and Tanaka were concealed by a narrow tongue of bushes.
His narrow tongue flicked once across each dry lip.
The islet on which it stood is now connected with the mainland by a narrow tongue of land.
Everywhere one looked there was water, and the narrow tongues of land seemed newly born and tenuous.
Their long, narrow tongues can reach deep into the long cup shape of some flowers.
It is situated on a long, narrow tongue of rock at the junction of two deep glens.
His voice echoed unnaturally in the narrow tongue of air that supported their lives.
Charis turned, expecting to see the post on its narrow tongue of water, but behind her was a cliff wall.
The long fangs and narrow tongue were not well adapted for human speech.
Glancing around quickly, Anna inserted a narrow tongue of steel into the lock and played with it for a few moments.

4. thin tongue = wąski język thin tongue

(14) quick, clever, agile, prehensile, nimble

Kolokacji: 5

(15) different, original, new

Kolokacji: 3

(16) smooth, wooden, hairy, flickering

Kolokacji: 4

(17) silent, eloquent

Kolokacji: 2

(18) barbarous, malicious

Kolokacji: 2

(19) German, Germanic

Kolokacji: 2

(20) African, Slavic

Kolokacji: 2

preposición + tongue

Kolokacji: 18

of one's tongue • in one's tongue • with one's tongue • on one's tongue • to one's tongue • ...

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