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"text": "Her name is on the tip of my tongue: it's Kathy, or Karen, or something.",
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"ref": "2001, Daniel L. Schacter, The Seven Sins of Memory, How the Mind Forgets and Remembers, Houghton Mifflin",
"text": "The feeling that a blocked word or name is on the tip of the tongue appears to be a near-universal experience. The cognitive psychologist Bennett Schwarz surveyed speakers of fifty-one different languages and found that forty-five of them contain expressions using \"the tongue\" to describe situations […]",
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"translations": [
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "a la punta de la llengua"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "一時想不起來"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīshí xiǎng bù qǐlai",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "一时想不起来"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "op het puntje van zijn tong"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "sur la pinto de la lango"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "kielen päällä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "sur le bout de la langue"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "na punta da lingua"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "enaze moadgeba",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ენაზე მოადგება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "auf der Zunge liegen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stin ákri tis glóssas",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "στην άκρη της γλώσσας"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "a nyelve hegyén"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ar barr do theanga"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ar barr do ghoib"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "sulla punta della lingua"
},
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "nŏuchŏngchŏngméat",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "នៅចុងៗមាត់"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ha det på tungen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ha noe på tungen"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "دانستن چیزی ولی فراموشی موقتی آن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "na końcu języka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "estar na ponta da língua"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "pe limbă"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na kónčike jazyká",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "на ко́нчике языка́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "на языке́ ве́ртится (na jazyké vértitsja, literally “turns on [my] tongue”)",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krutitʹsja na jazyke",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "крутиться на языке"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "air bàrr teangaidh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "en la punta de la lengua"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ha något på tungan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ha något i bakhuvudet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "dilin ucunda olmak"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "l' awè sol betchete del linwe"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "l' awè sol dibout del linwe"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oyf shpits tsung",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "אויף שפּיץ צונג"
}
]
}
],
"word": "on the tip of one's tongue"
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},
{
"ref": "2001, Daniel L. Schacter, The Seven Sins of Memory, How the Mind Forgets and Remembers, Houghton Mifflin",
"text": "The feeling that a blocked word or name is on the tip of the tongue appears to be a near-universal experience. The cognitive psychologist Bennett Schwarz surveyed speakers of fifty-one different languages and found that forty-five of them contain expressions using \"the tongue\" to describe situations […]",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "a la punta de la llengua"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "一時想不起來"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīshí xiǎng bù qǐlai",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "一时想不起来"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "op het puntje van zijn tong"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "sur la pinto de la lango"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "kielen päällä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "sur le bout de la langue"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "na punta da lingua"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "enaze moadgeba",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ენაზე მოადგება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "auf der Zunge liegen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stin ákri tis glóssas",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "στην άκρη της γλώσσας"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "a nyelve hegyén"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ar barr do theanga"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ar barr do ghoib"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "sulla punta della lingua"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "nŏuchŏngchŏngméat",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "នៅចុងៗមាត់"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ha det på tungen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ha noe på tungen"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "دانستن چیزی ولی فراموشی موقتی آن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "na końcu języka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "estar na ponta da língua"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "pe limbă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na kónčike jazyká",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "на ко́нчике языка́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "на языке́ ве́ртится (na jazyké vértitsja, literally “turns on [my] tongue”)",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krutitʹsja na jazyke",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "крутиться на языке"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "air bàrr teangaidh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "en la punta de la lengua"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ha något på tungan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "ha något i bakhuvudet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "dilin ucunda olmak"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "l' awè sol betchete del linwe"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "l' awè sol dibout del linwe"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oyf shpits tsung",
"sense": "known but not quite remembered",
"word": "אויף שפּיץ צונג"
}
],
"word": "on the tip of one's tongue"
}
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