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"links": [
[
"tongue-tie",
"tongue-tie#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtʌŋtaɪd/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/En-us-tongue-tied.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-tongue-tied.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/En-au-tongue-tied.ogg/En-au-tongue-tied.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/En-au-tongue-tied.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "tongue-tied"
}
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