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Meanings of delicate in anglès
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Examples for "touchy"
Examples for "touchy"
1
Unfortunately, Laura had brought up what apparently was a very touchy subject.
2
It's the touchy-feely bit that the agency will need to consider seriously.
3
Quinn wasn't good at touchy-feely, especially in the middle of a trial.
4
And tackling touchy events doesn't have to have a long historical context.
5
Artists were so touchy-feely-itwas impossible to tell what they actually meant.
1
These royalists are in a ticklish position; I can tell her that.
2
You're not ticklish, are you? He pulled himself forward hand over hand.
3
It was a ticklish job, saddling the pony for the first time.
4
He was at the first obstacle, the foremost of several ticklish crossroads.
5
This also had been of help to them in several ticklish situations.
Usage of delicate in anglès
1
I thought for a moment on how to answer Evon's delicate question.
2
The delicate manoeuvres necessary to pilot through change simply take too long.
3
In Greece's increasingly tense political environment the politics of food is delicate.
4
I asked, sort of a delicate way of not answering her question.
5
The event was a sign of the delicate power balance in Iraq.
6
But at Copenhagen the question of cost cuts across delicate diplomatic lines.
7
Schroeder is in a delicate position on the question of flat-rate access.
8
He must strike a delicate balance between encouraging reform and threatening action.
9
On the Portuguese left, faith was a delicate issue that required discretion.
10
Our correspondent in Beijing, Martin Patience, reports on the government's delicate situation.
11
He paused, well aware of the delicate nature of the subject matter.
12
It's a delicate situation but we're going to try and win something.
13
In addition to questionable fashion sense, Tony had an unfortunately delicate temper.
14
To experience the delicate power that Biographie holds is a true privilege.
15
Currency reform is a delicate task whose prospect unsettles many ordinary Burmese.
16
There were four of them, solid yet transparent, strong yet unbelievably delicate.
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Delicate through the time
Delicate across language varieties
United Kingdom
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