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Significados de skittish em inglês

Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

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Examples for "nervous"
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Johnson said teachers were also nervous about the health risk of reopening.
Radio NZ
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The economic slowdown in Europe and China also made many investors nervous.
Reuters
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But any screening programme makes many in the health sector deeply nervous.
Radio NZ
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The answer is easy: You'll be fine if you avoid getting nervous.
Welcome to the N.H.K.
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The Government returned to work this week more nervous than ever before.
The Irish Times
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In case you haven't heard, people are spooky on airplanes these days.
The Kingmaker
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That doesn't mean to say that there's anything spooky about his house.'
The Pariah
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Here are the classics, in no particular order, for your spooky enjoyment.
Wired
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Startling lighting and sound effects add further to the already spooky atmosphere.
Reuters
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Looking for a scary movie or show to enjoy this spooky season?
The South African
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She is a flower child-equalparts flighty and carefree, serious and decisive.
Ebony
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I have been a foolish, flighty girl; I am sorry for it.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
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These assertive winter visitors from Scandinavia and Russia are wary, flighty birds.
The Guardian
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Ana had played it perfectly, coming across as flighty, diminutive, and weak.
Deadly little secrets
5
Exactly the sort of woman to take care of a flighty preacher.
The Song of the Lark
Uso de skittish em inglês
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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.
A reliable wife
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