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Minhhai2209 Posted 15 years ago
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Skittish domestic security officials...
What does "skittish domestic security officials" mean in the following sentence?
"Skittish domestic security officials responded with a mass show of force across China on Sunday after anonymous calls for protesters to stage a Chinese “Jasmine Revolution” went out over social media and microblogging outlets." (source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/world/asia/21china.html )
"Skittish domestic security officials responded with a mass show of force across China on Sunday after anonymous calls for protesters to stage a Chinese “Jasmine Revolution” went out over social media and microblogging outlets." (source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/world/asia/21china.html )
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Hi! What a great word - skittish, it's so descriptive :-) Sometimes my cat, Bertie, is skittish around people. He over-reacts, runs away, gets scared easily.
- Hi!
- What a great word - skittish, it's so descriptive :-) Sometimes my cat, Bertie, is skittish around people.
- He over-reacts, runs away, gets scared easily.
- Me too, sometimes.
- I was a bit skittish about starting the first lesson of my Spanish course, but now I feel fine.
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Hi!
What a great word - skittish, it's so descriptive :-)
Sometimes my cat, Bertie, is skittish around people. He over-reacts, runs away, gets scared easily. Me too, sometimes. I was a bit skittish about starting the first lesson of my Spanish course, but now I feel fine.
A dictionary might say "skittish" is something like "nervous". Here, it could mean "a littl
What a great word - skittish, it's so descriptive :-)
Sometimes my cat, Bertie, is skittish around people. He over-reacts, runs away, gets scared easily. Me too, sometimes. I was a bit skittish about starting the first lesson of my Spanish course, but now I feel fine.
A dictionary might say "skittish" is something like "nervous". Here, it could mean "a littl
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