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    on tiptoe

    US /ɑn ˈtɪptoʊ/

    ・

    UK /ɒn ˈtɪptəu/

    A2
    adv. phr.Walking quietly with raised heels to avoid making noise.
    She crept on tiptoe to avoid waking anyone.

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    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters

    17:28A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
    • but being too little, laughed again and stood on tiptoe to embrace him.

      but being too little, laughed again and stood on tiptoe to embrace him.

    • laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to  embrace him. Then she began to drag him,  

      laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to  embrace him. Then she began to drag him,  

    B2

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.

    14:37A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
    • but being too little, laughed again and stood on tiptoe to embrace him.

      but being too little, laughed again and stood on tiptoe to embrace him.

    • being too little, laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to embrace him.

      being too little, laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to embrace him.

    B2

    Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | Full Audiobook

    28:58Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson  | Full Audiobook
    • They drew near on tiptoe, turned it on its  back and beheld the face of Edward Hyde.  

      They drew near on tiptoe, turned it on its  back and beheld the face of Edward Hyde.  

    B1

    Chapter 04 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

    15:21Chapter 04 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
    • She stretched herself up on tiptoe,

      She stretched herself up on tiptoe,

    • She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and

      She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and

    A2

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Audiobook by Lewis Caroll, Complete, Full cast & Unabridged

    32:04Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Audiobook by Lewis Caroll, Complete, Full cast & Unabridged
    • She stretched herself up on tiptoe and peeped over the edge of the mushroom,

      She stretched herself up on tiptoe and peeped over the edge of the mushroom,

    • She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes

      She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes

    B1

    I eat TOP 5 Food and Don't Get OLD! Japan's OLDEST Fitness Instructor 92 yr old Takishima Mika

    07:18I eat TOP 5 Food and Don't Get OLD! Japan's OLDEST Fitness Instructor 92 yr old Takishima Mika
    • Even when watching TV, Takeshima sits with her back completely straight and her stomach drawn in and she always walks around the house on tiptoe.

      Even when watching TV, Takeshima sits with her back completely straight and her stomach drawn in and she always walks around the house on tiptoe.

    • and she always walks around the house on tiptoe.

      and she always walks around the house on tiptoe.

    B2

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Audiobook by Lewis Carrol

    44:09Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Audiobook by Lewis Carrol
    • She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom,

      She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom,

    • She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and

      She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and

    B1

    Book 02 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-7)

    06:58Book 02 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-7)
    • You are to rise on tiptoe as I tell you.

      You are to rise on tiptoe as I tell you.

    • Here's the gist of the matter in two words: you are to rise on tiptoe, as I tell you;

      Here's the gist of the matter in two words: you are to rise on tiptoe, as I tell you;

    B2

    Book 07 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-8)

    49:39Book 07 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-8)
    • He approached them on tiptoe and heard the Archdeacon say in a low tone to Charmelieu, "T'was Gaium de Paris who caused a jobe to be carved upon this stone of the hue of lapis lazuli, gilded on the edges.

      He approached them on tiptoe and heard the Archdeacon say in a low tone to Charmelieu, "T'was Gaium de Paris who caused a jobe to be carved upon this stone of the hue of lapis lazuli, gilded on the edges.

    • Only at intervals did some little ragged boy raise himself on tiptoe as far as the ledge and hurl into the drinking-shop that ancient jeering hoot with which drunken men were then pursued, "Aul!

      Only at intervals did some little ragged boy raise himself on tiptoe as far as the ledge and hurl into the drinking-shop that ancient jeering hoot with which drunken men were then pursued, "Aul!

    B2

    Through the Looking-Glass Audiobook by Lewis Carroll

    04:42Through the Looking-Glass Audiobook by Lewis Carroll
    • It's something very like learning geography, thought Alice, as she stood on tiptoe, in hopes of being able to see a little further.

      It's something very like learning geography, thought Alice, as she stood on tiptoe, in hopes of being able to see a little further.

    B1