adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a tricky/tough question (= one that is difficult to answer )
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That’s a really tricky question.
difficult/tricky
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This book will show you how to deal with difficult situations.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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Much more tricky than knowing if you've found a badger sett, is knowing whether or not it is still active.
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But deciding when to upgrade software is more tricky .
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The May Hill Stakes, frequently an early guide to the following year's Classics, is much more tricky to predict.
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The Bureau can make legal demands that MI5 would find much more tricky .
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The liberal-historians, on the other hand, tend to find themselves in a somewhat more tricky position.
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Also, and this is more tricky , we want to know what Riddle's financial position is.
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This was far more tricky than it sounds.
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So far, so good: but other objects are more tricky .
particularly
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Vans and estates are particularly tricky to repair.
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I found uphill kick turns particularly tricky .
very
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Finding out the exact proportions and method of preparation will take some time and be a very tricky operation.
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It is a very , very tricky area of the law.
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Male speaker Motor racing is very tricky .
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Take Scarlatti, for example; there are some very tricky sonatas which should not sound tricky at all.
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Some things are very tricky to explain.
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Oh, no fault of your own, it's a very tricky role.
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This was going to be very tricky .
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He must be very tricky to deal with, she thought darkly.
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area
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And on your way upstairs, don't forget the bannisters and those tricky areas in between the rails on your staircase.
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It is a very, very tricky area of the law.
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The only tricky areas are, of course, anything amiss dead centre - or, of course, anything wrong with the brain.
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Music as a background for drama is a much trickier area , but you should err on the side of understatement.
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Education is the trickiest area , because of constant arguments over when segregated schooling is justifiable.
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This can be a very tricky area as most people are self.conscious in front of the camera.
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Its physical manoeuvrability makes it easy to demonstrate syllable structure or to emphasise tricky bits .
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How had Lisa managed that tricky bit at the end of the first act?
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The tricky bit is that twist at the end of the first act.
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Half way through this tricky bit some one knocked over the light.
business
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Very tricky business being a private shamus.
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Money experts now begin the tricky business of divining the fate of the economy.
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Naturally, the tricky business of welding the Germanies together could still bring nasty surprises.
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This is tricky business unless you know what you are doing and are very careful.
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Detecting them is a tricky business , especially in unfamiliar cultures and languages.
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This made communication between O &038; M and the rest a tricky business , to be handled very carefully.
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But running doubles is a tricky business .
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Marketing the lottery has always been a tricky business .
issue
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It is a tricky issue that may yet drag on for months.
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It is a tricky issue but somewhat irrelevant since almost nobody is that interested in classrooms, least of all television journalists.
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Political dilemma Underground work is a tricky issue for all governments.
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There are tricky issues of national sovereignty and private / public relationships but they are not insoluble.
part
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The tricky part was the mower.
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The tricky part is tipping the ski at the right angle so all six people drink at the same time without spillage.
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It's maintaining the diet for longer and keeping the weight off which is the tricky part .
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But the tricky part was taking off and putting on the cables.
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The trickiest parts was keeping the feet with their fearsome claws underneath the body while she was lashed up like a parcel.
question
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Transfer between hierarchies is a complex procedure, often raising tricky questions concerning the loss or preservation of seniority rights.
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A tricky question is who qualifies as household help.
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Finally, the allocation of the overheads raises some tricky questions .
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That went quickly enough with no tricky questions .
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The tricky question would be the unit pricing structure.
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The trickier question is: can Britain's businesses make the required switch into exports?
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He also had to answer some tricky questions from the floor of the historic debating chamber.
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Then there is the tricky question of forward market operations.
situation
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A captain goes last on to his ship, but a man goes first into a tricky situation .
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But the chilly economic climate has made a tricky situation desperate, in two respects.
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The clearer you are about your behavioural rights the better prepared you are to handle tricky situations assertively.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
awkward/tricky/tough etc customer
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A tough customer , a man to be reckoned with.
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But he'd take on some one like Glenda Grower, who's a much tougher customer .
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But the tough treatment was only for tough customers .
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He's overcome some genuinely tough customers , but Gimenez was abject.
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He looks a tough customer to deal with.
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The next, you're making speeches to the wind. Tricky customers , ordinary people.
be a different/tricky/simple etc proposition
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Getting everyone to use the new technology will be tricky .
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Getting the two sides of the mobile to balance is tricky .
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It would be very tricky to try to stabilize the region without the support of other countries.
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Refuelling a plane in mid air is a tricky business.
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Teachers often have to deal with tricky situations such as interviews with angry parents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But as a headache remedy, caffeine can be tricky to manage.
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For customers, the choice is trickier.
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It is not to any degree tricky , subtle, or surreal.
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Its physical manoeuvrability makes it easy to demonstrate syllable structure or to emphasise tricky bits.
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Oh, no fault of your own, it's a very tricky role.
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Some unnecessarily tricky camera work early on is taxing, as is the film's glacial pace.
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What is a little tricky about Easter is the date, which varies yearly.