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"text": "Why won't you tell me that secret? Cat got your tongue?",
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"ref": "2007, “15 Step”, in In Rainbows, performed by Radiohead",
"text": "You used to be alright / What happened? / Did the cat get your tongue? / Did your string come undone?",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "你成了啞巴了嗎？"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nǐ chéng le yǎba le ma?",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "你成了哑巴了吗？"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "ben je je tong verloren?"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "veikö kissa kielesi?"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "tu as perdu ta langue"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "tu as donné ta langue au chat"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "hast du die Sprache verloren?"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "haben Sie die Sprache verloren?"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "elvitte a cica a nyelved?"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "il gatto ti ha mangiato la lingua?"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "zaniemówić"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
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"word": "zapomnieć języka w gębie"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "o gato comeu sua língua"
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"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "ți-a mâncat pisica limba?"
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"lang": "Russian",
"note": "язы́к проглоти́л? m (jazýk proglotíl?, literally “did you swallow your tongue?”)",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jazýk proglotíla?",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"tags": [
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"word": "язы́к проглоти́ла?"
},
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"roman": "jazýk proglotíli?",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
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"plural"
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"word": "язы́к проглоти́ли?"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "maca popapala jezik?"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "stratil si reč?"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "¿te ha comido la lengua el gato?"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "förlora/tappa talförmågan"
},
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"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"tags": [
"informal",
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"word": "dilini mi yuttun?"
},
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"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
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"word": "dilinizi mi yuttunuz?"
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"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "你成了啞巴了嗎？"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nǐ chéng le yǎba le ma?",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "你成了哑巴了吗？"
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"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "ben je je tong verloren?"
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"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "veikö kissa kielesi?"
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"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "tu as perdu ta langue"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "tu as donné ta langue au chat"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "hast du die Sprache verloren?"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "haben Sie die Sprache verloren?"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "elvitte a cica a nyelved?"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "il gatto ti ha mangiato la lingua?"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "zaniemówić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"tags": [
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"word": "zapomnieć języka w gębie"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "o gato comeu sua língua"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"tags": [
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"word": "ți-a mâncat pisica limba?"
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"lang": "Russian",
"note": "язы́к проглоти́л? m (jazýk proglotíl?, literally “did you swallow your tongue?”)",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jazýk proglotíla?",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "язы́к проглоти́ла?"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jazýk proglotíli?",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "язы́к проглоти́ли?"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "maca popapala jezik?"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "stratil si reč?"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "¿te ha comido la lengua el gato?"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"word": "förlora/tappa talförmågan"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"tags": [
"informal",
"plural"
],
"word": "dilini mi yuttun?"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "why are you not saying anything?",
"tags": [
"formal",
"singular"
],
"word": "dilinizi mi yuttunuz?"
}
],
"word": "cat got someone's tongue"
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