1 "Then I must have a lobster, for tongue alone won't do," said Amy decidedly.
2 Amy held her tongue, but used her eyes, and saw Meg slip a fan into her pocket.
3 The chicken was tough, the tongue too salty, and the chocolate wouldn't froth properly.
4 Jo fancied he remembered and regretted the past, and she wished she had held her tongue.
5 As I couldn't, I held my tongue, and bore the scolding till the old gentleman collared me.
6 well, if the boy held his tongue because he promised, and not from obstinacy, I'll forgive him.
7 The Portuguese held his tongue like a brick, and walked the plank, while the jolly tars cheered like mad.
8 You haven't a bit of proper pride, and never will learn when to hold your tongue and when to speak, said Amy despairingly.
9 There is a fresh color in her brown cheeks, a soft shine in her eyes, and only gentle words fall from her sharp tongue today.
10 I should certainly have boiled over if I hadn't stayed among the nettles till I got my rage under control enough to hold my tongue.
11 By her next speech, Jo deprived herself of several years of pleasure, and received a timely lesson in the art of holding her tongue.
12 It was on the tip of Jo's tongue to ask, but she checked herself in time and, with unusual tact, tried to find out in a round-about way.
13 Laurie walked in silence a few minutes, and Jo watched him, wishing she had held her tongue, for his eyes looked angry, though his lips smiled as if at her warnings.
14 A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.
15 She could have bitten her tongue out the minute she had said it, for John pushed the books away and got up, saying with a little quiver in his voice, "I was afraid of this."
16 When Amy had whetted her tongue and freed her mind she usually got the best of it, for she seldom failed to have common sense on her side, while Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such an unlimited extent that she naturally found herself worsted in an argument.
17 "Well, they can eat beef and bread and butter, if they are hungry, only it's mortifying to have to spend your whole morning for nothing," thought Jo, as she rang the bell half an hour later than usual, and stood, hot, tired, and dispirited, surveying the feast spread before Laurie, accustomed to all sorts of elegance, and Miss Crocker, whose tattling tongue would report them far and wide.
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