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to be on the tip of one's tongue

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«Я видел, как вы, англичане, удирали со всех ног, и имел честь гнать вас, как зайцев» — вот какие слова просились мне на язык, но у меня хватило ума сдержаться.
`I have seen your national character running away at least, and had the honour to run after it!` rose to my lips, but I was not so ill advised as to give it utterance.
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис / Сент ИвStevenson, Robert Louis / St. Ives
St. Ives
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Сент Ив
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1967
Но гул аплодисментов и выкрики на разных языках: «Просим, просим!» — тотчас же побуждают его благоразумно оставить кнопку в покое.
But a roar of clapping and shouts in a variety of languages of "let him speak" bring him to a halt and he does not press the button.
Абрамов, Александр,Абрамов, Сергей / Всадники из ниоткудаAbramov, Aleksandr,Abramov, Sergei / Horsemen from Nowhere
Horsemen from Nowhere
Abramov, Aleksandr,Abramov, Sergei
© Mir Publishers, 1969
Всадники из ниоткуда
Абрамов, Александр,Абрамов, Сергей
© Издательство «Детская литература», 1968 г.

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