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['ʃeɪkɪ]1) (liable to shake) [chair, ladder] traballante, barcollante2) fig. (liable to founder) [relationship, argument] poco solido; [ position] insicuro, privo di certezza; [knowledge, memory, prospects] incerto; [ regime] debole, vacillante3) fig. (uncertain)we got off to a rather shaky start — (in relationship, business) l'inizio è stato un po' incerto; (in performance) all'inizio eravamo un po' insicuri
my French is a bit shaky — il mio francese è un po' incerto o traballante
* * *1) (weak or trembling with age, illness etc: a shaky voice; shaky handwriting.) tremolante2) (unsteady or likely to collapse: a shaky chair.) vacillante, traballante3) ((sometimes with at) not very good, accurate etc: He's a bit shaky at arithmetic; My arithmetic has always been very shaky; I'd be grateful if you would correct my rather shaky spelling.) debole* * *shaky /ˈʃeɪkɪ/a.1 malfermo; barcollante; traballante; tremante; tremolante; debole; vacillante: a shaky table, una tavola traballante; a shaky old man, un vecchio tremolante; a shaky hand, una mano malferma (o tremante); (mil. e sport) a shaky defence, una difesa debole; a shaky house, una casa vacillante2 infido; dubbio; inattendibile; incerto; indeciso; insicuro: a shaky character, un carattere infido; a shaky argument, un argomento dubbio; shaky evidence, prove dubbie (o poco attendibili); His French is rather shaky, il suo francese è piuttosto incerto (o approssimativo)● shaky health, salute malferma (o precaria) □ to feel shaky, non stare in piedi ( dopo una malattia) □ to be shaky on one's legs, avere le gambe che tremano; avere la tremarella alle gambe.* * *['ʃeɪkɪ]1) (liable to shake) [chair, ladder] traballante, barcollante2) fig. (liable to founder) [relationship, argument] poco solido; [ position] insicuro, privo di certezza; [knowledge, memory, prospects] incerto; [ regime] debole, vacillante3) fig. (uncertain)we got off to a rather shaky start — (in relationship, business) l'inizio è stato un po' incerto; (in performance) all'inizio eravamo un po' insicuri
my French is a bit shaky — il mio francese è un po' incerto o traballante
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