delicate task
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdelicateandtask
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delicate
adjective
uk/ˈdel.ɪ.kət/us/ˈdel.ə.kət/
needing careful treatment, especially because ...
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task
noun
uk/tɑːsk/us/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofdelicateandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Venturing into this minefield of controversies is adelicatetaskthat calls for strong nerves.
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This made the process of purging it a ver ydelicatetask.
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It will be clear, however, that we assume full responsibility for thisdelicatetask.
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We would like to stress the point that prenatal diagnosis is a verydelicatetaskand irrevocable decisions are often taken on the basis of the results of the procedure.
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Balancing these considerations is adelicatetask.
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Clearly, national agencies are faced with adelicatetaskboth as regards authorizing medical devices and issuing guidelines.
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What is important, however, is that researching practitioners remain proactive in the complex anddelicatetaskof promoting status, defining criteria, and evolving epistemologies.
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But he will have a very difficult and a verydelicatetaskto discharge.
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Therefore, a very difficult anddelicatetaskfaces us.
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That is thedelicatetaskwhich lies before us.
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It is a verydelicatetask, almost a tightrope performance.
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It is a difficult, laborious anddelicatetask, and one that we are not ashamed of.
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They have a most difficult anddelicatetaskwhich requires the greatest judgment, tact and wisdom.
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We have to consider how best to go about that verydelicatetask.
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The spreading of enlightening information on these subjects is adelicatetask.
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Therefore, altering it is an extremelydelicatetask.
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Is it because it is a very much older building and therefore a moredelicatetask?
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It is an immensely difficult anddelicatetask.
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They have an immensely difficult anddelicatetaskto fulfil.
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Why did we use a diplomatic mercenary for thisdelicatetask?
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