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1 fastidious
[fæ'stɪdɪəs]1) (scrupulous) [ person] meticoloso, pignolo2) (easily disgusted) [ person] schizzinoso, schifiltoso* * *(very critical and difficult to please: She is so fastidious about her food that she will not eat in a restaurant.) difficile, esigente- fastidiousness* * *fastidious /fæˈstɪdɪəs/a.1 pignolo; esigente; difficile: a fastidious palate, un palato esigente; fastidious about personal cleanliness, pignolo in fatto di pulizia personaleFALSI AMICI: fastidious non significa fastidioso fastidiously avv. fastidiousness n. [u].* * *[fæ'stɪdɪəs]1) (scrupulous) [ person] meticoloso, pignolo2) (easily disgusted) [ person] schizzinoso, schifiltoso -
2 delicate
1. n деликатес2. a утончённый, изысканный, тонкий3. a изящный; сделанный со вкусом; искусный4. a хрупкий; требующий осторожного обращения; слабый, болезненный5. a нежный; слабый; едва уловимый6. a чувствительный, тонкий; точный7. a острый, тонкий; чувствительный8. a щекотливый, затруднительный9. a арх. «деликатный», «интересный»10. a деликатный, учтивый, тактичный; вежливый11. a приятный на вкус, вкусный; лёгкийСинонимический ряд:1. airy (adj.) airy; ethereal; lacy2. choice (adj.) choice; exquisite; rare; recherche; select; superior3. dainty (adj.) dainty; elegant; female; luxurious; precious; tender4. discriminating (adj.) careful; demanding; discriminating; fastidious5. exact (adj.) accurate; exact; exacting; painstaking; precise; scrupulous6. fine (adj.) fine; finespun; hairline; hairsplitting7. fragile (adj.) breakable; brittle; fracturable; fragile; frail; frangible; shatterable; shattery8. mild (adj.) balmy; bland; faint; gentle; mild; smooth; soft9. nice (adj.) choosy; clerkish; finical; finicking; finicky; fussy; miminy-piminy; nice; niminy-piminy; old-maidish; old-womanish; particular; pernickety; persnickety; picksome; picky; refined; squeamy10. precarious (adj.) critical; precarious; ticklish; touch-and-go; touchy; tricky11. sensitive (adj.) diplomatic; discreet; politic; sensitive; tactful; tactical12. subtle (adj.) flimsy; mellow; slight; subtle13. weak (adj.) decrepit; fault; feeble; infirm; insubstantial; puny; sickly; slight; squeamish; ticklish; touchy; unhealthy; unsound; weak; weaklyАнтонимический ряд:careless; coarse; crude; depraved; healthy; indelicate; insensitive; mean; robust; rough; rude; unrefined; vulgar
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