. 1. ulcer;. () pest;2. . ( ) viper, malicious person, curse;~  gastric ulcer.
|caustic, biting;~  stinging retort;~  caustic/sarcastic person;~  biting criticism;~  biting remark.
,  sneer, say* sneeringly;~  -.  take* the rise out of smb.
. 1. tongue; ~ -. 1) () show* smb. one`s tongue;2) () put* out one`s tongue at smb. ; ~ wicked/bitter tongue;2. () tongue;3. () language; ~ mother-tongue, one`s language; ~ colloquial speech; ~ modern languages; ~ ancient languages;4. () style, language;   ~ the book is well written;5. () information prisoner;~     -. smb`s tongue stuck/cleaved to the roof of his, her mouth;~    -. smb. has a ready tongue;~   -. smb. is itching to speak; ~   keep* a still tongue in one`s head; ~ hold* one`s tongue; ()  ~ one never meant to say it;   ~  let me spell it out (for you).
. linguist;~ . linguistics;~ linguistic, linguistics attr.
linguistic.
tongue attr.
c. linguistics.
|pagan, heathen;~ . paganism;~ . pagan, heathen.
. 1. . uvula ( pl. -ae);2. ~  boot-tongue;~  tongue of flame;3. . catch, lug, tab.
. () ide.
