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Significados de skittish en inglés

Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

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Uso de skittish en inglés
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Even in Europe, many nations have been skittish about the recent sanctions.
Reuters
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They're skittish and inbred, given the stocks we have to work with.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
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I just rescued Lucifer three months ago, and he's really skittish still.
Chelsea chelsea bang bang
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She seemed skittish, unable to remain still for more than a second.
Bare Bones
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So I would expect markets to stay skittish throughout the whole summer.
Reuters
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O'Toole crept along the edge of the wash, approaching the skittish animals.
Genellan: planetfall
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A bare year out of action and behaving like a skittish colt!
Night of Knives
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The strong rhetoric and inflexibility on both sides have made investors skittish.
Reuters
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The others, more skittish, danced away from me every time I moved.
Moonburn
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Tommy shied from her position in the road like a skittish horse.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas; Or, Fun and Frolic in the S...
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Feeling skittish about picking a lackluster U.S. sector and hoping it rebounds?
Reuters
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The animal he rode danced a skittish side-step from time to time.
The Bars of Iron
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Lorie's apt to be skittish of men for the next few years.
Lonesome dove
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Even another rate cut from China could not steady the skittish mood.
Reuters
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Mounted at the gate with Mr. H. Horse skittish, and wants exercise.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 / ...
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They were leaving town, and the horses were skittish in the wind.
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