tongue-tied

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While some people become tongue-tied others cannot stop talking.

The schoolteacher realized that his guests were tongue-tied in this strange place and, after a few openings had brought no more than murmurs.

Writing or speaking tasks which do not clearly specify the receiver make even native-speaking students tongue-tied, and not surprisingly, for we simply do not talk or write into vacuums. (BNC-B)

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