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Meanings of very touchy in inglês

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Usage of very touchy in inglês
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Unfortunately, Laura had brought up what apparently was a very touchy subject.
Battlestar Galactica
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Complicating matters further is that it is potentially a very touchy subject.
News.com.au
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If you do, you will give offence-andthese Samoans are very touchy.
The Call of the South / 1908
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Molly, on her side, was a little distrait and listless and very touchy.
Molly Brown's Orchard Home
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These big Samoan chiefe are very touchy in some things.
John Frewen, South Sea Whaler / 1904
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He was evidently very touchy about his pet lumbering operations.
The Bent Twig
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I am very touchy about my laugh-it'sthe only one I've got, you know.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908
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It's a subject on which farmers are very touchy.
Scoop
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Wives working at the office is a very touchy subject ever since Mrs. Briggs died.
Mom over miami
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Weiner: It's a very touchy relationship we have with advertisers and it always has been.
Reuters
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The colonel is one of the best of men, but very touchy, very touchy indeed.
Now It Can Be Told
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He was a very amiable man, but very touchy.
My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt
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But she's touchy still, very touchy; and one's life is hardly safe behind her sometimes.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
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I understand that it's a very touchy subject for a lot of people at the moment.
News.com.au
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Everyone seems very touchy about anybody looking over their shoulder to see what they're working on.
Consider the lobster: and other essays
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Cats have no sense of humor, they have terribly inflated egos, and they are very touchy.
The Door Into Summer
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