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  • Tongue-tied by inexperience and by excess of ardor, wooing unwittingly and awkwardly, Martin continued his approach by contact.

    Chapter 20 2010

  • Tongue-tied: When bilinguals switch languages involuntarily

    Conscientious: Science: May 2007 Archives 2007

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    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Tongue-tied Clinton gets warm EU welcome 2009

  • My daughter thought it was funny, I was talking like Sylvester the Cat throughout most of it! so I figured the whole world would love it, and the next morning I got up early and wrote Sthicker Tongue-tied.

    Interview with Diane Z. Shore 2008

  • Tongue-tied off the pitch, his right foot did the talking for him and by the age of eight he was the star player for Ridgeway Rovers in the Enfield District League, scoring 101 goals in three seasons.

    Posh & Becks Andrew Morton 2007

  • Tongue-tied off the pitch, his right foot did the talking for him and by the age of eight he was the star player for Ridgeway Rovers in the Enfield District League, scoring 101 goals in three seasons.

    Posh & Becks Andrew Morton 2007

  • Tongue-tied off the pitch, his right foot did the talking for him and by the age of eight he was the star player for Ridgeway Rovers in the Enfield District League, scoring 101 goals in three seasons.

    Posh & Becks Andrew Morton 2007

  • Tongue-tied off the pitch, his right foot did the talking for him and by the age of eight he was the star player for Ridgeway Rovers in the Enfield District League, scoring 101 goals in three seasons.

    Posh & Becks Andrew Morton 2007

  • Tongue-tied, Anna stared at him as he came through her door.

    Father Unknown Quinn, Tara Taylor 1998

  • Tongue-tied and scarlet, Kenny stared into the cabin.

    Kenny Leona Dalrymple

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