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to be quick to take offence

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  • offence — BrE usually offense AmE noun 1 (C) an illegal action or a crime: Driving while drunk is a serious offence. | a parking offense (+ against): sexual offences against children | commit an offence (=do something that is an offence) | first offence… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • offence — [[t]əfe̱ns[/t]] ♦♦♦ offences (The spelling offense is used in American English. The pronunciation [[t]ɔ͟ːfens[/t]] is used for meaning 3.) 1) N COUNT An offence is a crime that breaks a particular law and requires a particular punishment.… …   English dictionary

  • take — I UK [teɪk] / US verb Word forms take : present tense I/you/we/they take he/she/it takes present participle taking past tense took UK [tʊk] / US past participle taken UK [ˈteɪkən] / US *** 1) [transitive] to move something or someone from one… …   English dictionary

  • take*/*/*/ — [teɪk] (past tense took [tʊk] ; past participle taken [ˈteɪkən] ) verb [T] I 1) to move or carry someone or something from one place to another Remember to take a pen with you.[/ex] What time do you take Amy to school?[/ex] The cat had to be… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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  • Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church      …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • thin-skinned — adjective a) having a thin skin You must handle thin skinned fruits carefully to avoid bruising them. b) overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy Shes rather thin skinned when it comes to comments about her work …   Wiktionary

  • touchy — adjective (touchier, touchiest) 1》 quick to take offence; oversensitive. 2》 (of a situation or issue) requiring careful handling. Derivatives touchily adverb touchiness noun Origin C17: perh. an alt. of tetchy, influenced by touch …   English new terms dictionary

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