10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINICKETY»
Discover the use of
finickety in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
finickety and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The manor hada high standardof cleanliness forthe times, this occurring not
because the Viscount was finickety, but because he could not bear tosee anyone
notworking. He knew whatwas happening now! Feet onhis tables, backsides on
his ...
For a spare, finickety person, she is extraordinarily clumsy. Always has been. An
eager manner combined with a marked lack of coordination have taken their toll
of ornaments and fittings in the home. With the recent passing of her spouse and
...
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My Kleinian Home: Into a New Millennium
... let alone reciprocate, after my first Nanny left; a love which, seen in baby terms,
had been a serious affair. Never again, in later life, would any partner have to
wield such precise, responsive skills, if only our first love satisfied the finickety ...
4
Byzantium Endures: The First Volume of the Colonel Pyat Quartet
Boris said feelingly, 'Cossacks aren't too finickety about Jewish children . . .' '
Careful what you say, Benya,' Lyova warned him with a smile. 'We have a
Cossack hetman in our company.' We all enjoyed this. 'We are children,' insisted
Nikita.
Michael Moorcock, Alan Wall, 2012
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Handbook for Rhythmical Einreibungen: According to Wegman / ...
It is good to be a bit finickety over this, for the group will then on the one hand be
able to learn how difficult it is to maintain the beat, and on the other to experience
how an inner need arises to overcome the beat and be allowed to make things ...
What a placeit is masqueradingas tranquillity when it is a fort and the books
swordsmen the books pikemenand suchlikeIthink I cando thisI shan't ifI can help
itbe finickety asifthe intellectual life had made me weakIam not weak (Hetakes up
the ...
... instead it was usually trifling matters that would induce in him temper tantrums
which the family called 'gnashes' and which only his wife was able successfully to
defuse. His humour was heavy, his manner somenmes finickety over details.
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The Journals: Volume 1: 1949-1965
I hate those clever, wise generalizations aside, which interrupt the reality and
create the puppet atmosphere, which is all wrong. He is too finickety and
feminine, almost too academic, too bourgeois-humanist, look-at-meI'm-not-
condescending.
John Fowles, Charles Drazin, 2009
God is good to him. But the familytake thealtered circumstances seriously. They
become finickety onthematter ofsocial distinctions. Had their father kept a shop
they ceaseto remember thefact,and shopkeepers in generalare altogether "
beyond.
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Mussolini and Italian Fascism
... having his little success, and throw him fully into Hitler's arms. The Italian
military were effectively granted a blank cheque and were expected by Mussolini
himself to forego all finickety rules of hon- ourable behaviour in the pursuit of
victory.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINICKETY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
finickety is used in the context of the following news items.
World Cup Diary
The players didn't trust their ability to control it over long distances, which contributed to the general ugliness of a tetchy, finickety tournament. «London Review of Books, Jul 14»
About a Ball
The players didn't trust their ability to control it over long distances, which contributed to the general ugliness of a tetchy, finickety tournament. «London Review of Books, Jul 14»
William Shakespeare's 450th birthday: The five best insults ever …
... vain idiot obssesed with his reflection ('glass-gazing)', as officious ('superserviceable') and petty ('finical' – like our contemporary 'finickety'). «The Independent, Apr 14»
David Suchet's Poirot: pompous, arrogant, obsessive, brilliant, kind …
Finickety, maddeningly vain, pompous at times and always arrogant you can see what she meant about the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. «Radio Times, Oct 13»
Goodbye – radio review
... harder still to be finickety about a drama borne from the real-life experience of Banks, who lost three friends to breast cancer in their thirties. «The Guardian, Oct 13»
Sumptuous new Downton book reveals the truth behind cast …
'They had a finickety way of presenting things to show off their culinary skills – and it's fun,' says Heathcote, 'like painting with food.' She also ... «Daily Mail, Sep 13»
Pure Evoke F4 review - DAB and internet radio
A shade more finickety and attention-grabbing than some, it's not quite a perfect bedside radio, then. But it remains one of the best because of a ... «TrustedReviews, Jul 13»
World car firms see China market as saviour
“They're very finickety,” said Namrita Chow, a Shanghai-based senior analyst for IHS Automotive, of the consumer mood. “It's definitely a ... «Capital FM Kenya, Apr 13»
British tea scion hopes India will embrace the bag | The Phuket News
“Wine drinkers accept different years are of different quality but tea drinkers are a finickety lot – they want the flavour of their favourite cup of tea ... «The Phuket News, Jun 12»
On The Menu: Yum buns; Dom Perignon; Potted Fish Company …
One of them is finickety Dom Perignon, which is touting its 2003 as one of their most food-friendly, and darkest (the ad has a moody shot of a ... «The Independent, May 12»
