"delicate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

delicate adjetivo

delicate + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 256
delicate balance • delicate hand • delicate feature • delicate issue • delicate matter • delicate situation • delicate task • delicate touch • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 51
(2) hand, finger, fingertip
Kolokacji: 3
(5) matter, thing, affair
Kolokacji: 3
(9) negotiation, diplomacy
Kolokacji: 2
(16) sensibility, sense
Kolokacji: 2
(17) bone, wrist, skull, jaw, ankle
Kolokacji: 5
(19) shade, nuance, irony, wit
Kolokacji: 4
(27) sauce, broth, salad
Kolokacji: 3
(29) nose, nostril
Kolokacji: 2
(33) curve, arch, spire
Kolokacji: 3
1. delicate adjustment = delikatne wyregulowanie delicate adjustment
2. delicate balancing = delikatne bilansowanie delicate balancing
3. delicate compromise = delikatny kompromis delicate compromise
  • The arrangement was approved by state and city health officials in the mid-1980's as part of a delicate compromise.
  • This way of looking at causal laws is a delicate compromise.
  • She pulled the neck of her dress lower, looked at herself in a mirror, and raised it slightly again - a delicate compromise.
  • Modifying the law now would upset the delicate compromise between public interest and special privilege that made tax reform possible.
  • In real life this delicate compromise is impossible to achieve.
  • When lifelong enemies embrace, and each ties his political future to the successful working out of a delicate compromise, peace has a rare chance.
  • Only thus can they arrive at the delicate compromises by which Italian democracy survives.
  • The reason for this is that a controversial, delicate compromise had to be found between all the interests covered by the directive.
  • Inevitably, some delicate compromises have had to be struck, for example in the trade sector.
  • The new arrangement was not a clear victory for either side but a delicate compromise.
4. delicate harmony = delikatna harmonia delicate harmony
(37) chain, strand, necklace
Kolokacji: 3
(39) melody, voice, lyricism
Kolokacji: 3
(41) shudder, cough
Kolokacji: 2
(42) leg, limb, filament, branch
Kolokacji: 4
(43) porcelain, China
Kolokacji: 2
(45) filigree, workmanship
Kolokacji: 2
(47) experiment, probe
Kolokacji: 2
(48) profile, note
Kolokacji: 2
(49) fern, herb
Kolokacji: 2
(50) psyche, ego
Kolokacji: 2
(51) surface, palate
Kolokacji: 2
adverbio + delicate
Kolokacji: 18
most delicate • extremely delicate • politically delicate • particularly delicate • surprisingly delicate • ...
delicate + preposición
Kolokacji: 4
delicate in • delicate of • delicate for • delicate with

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