delicate subject
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdelicateandsubject
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delicate
adjective
uk/ˈdel.ɪ.kət/us/ˈdel.ə.kət/
needing careful treatment, especially because ...
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subject
noun[C]
uk/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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(Definition ofdelicateandsubjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To start talking about a sort of-adelicatesubject-he might take the wrong meaning.
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The following analysis focuses on questions regarding thedelicatesubjectof extramarital affairs.
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I do not think it would be right of me to intrude into thisdelicatesubjectof rather private grief.
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It is glaringly obvious to everyone that this is adelicatesubject, involving major industrial and commercial processes.
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The subject that concerns us today is certainly a verydelicatesubject.
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I pass lightly over thedelicatesubjectof the relationship of burials to health.
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This is always a verydelicatesubjectto discuss.
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That again is regarded as a verydelicatesubjectwith which to deal.
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The main reason for it is to remove the uncertainty about the way we have of dealing with thisdelicatesubject.
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However, the conduct of that petition is an important anddelicatesubject.
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This is adelicatesubject, both here and outside.
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It is adelicatesubject, and one ought to choose one's words carefully in dealing with it.
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I agree with him entirely when he says that it is a most painful anddelicatesubjectto discuss in a public debate.
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I shall not say very much about thisdelicatesubject.
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I use that as an illustration, and do not want to say more upon adelicatesubject.
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This is a highly confused anddelicatesubject.
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This is adelicatesubjectbecause there is bound to be a clash of interest in the south-west.
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I should like to speak now of thedelicatesubjectof bedpans.
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Let us not do so on thisdelicatesubject.
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This is a difficult anddelicatesubjectwhich has worried many people over a long time.
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