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Перевод: brittle

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Тезаурус:

1. With 15 to 20 per cent of tin or more, the alloy becomes brittle and almost unworkable, although it can still be cast to shape, and as more tin is added it becomes whiter in colour.
2. The two trumpet players made a particularly attractive contrast, Deppa brittle and fiery, DeFries (on flugelhorn) rounded and measured, his phrasing full of potential new tunes.
3. Joanna was diagnosed as having brittle bones.
4. The consummate silliness of Beerbohm's sneer, quite apart from showing just how brittle and thin was that famous "wit" of his, has alas a representative significance also, as we see when we put beside it Maurice Bowra, another famous "wit", saying of Pound that he was, not just a bore, but an American bore'.
5. "Sexual arousal, darling," said Jay, brittle, agonised.
6. Beyond the window the sky was a brittle blue.
7. Floors, for instance, require finishes that are hard, water resistant, but at the same time flexible, so that the surface is not brittle and will not crack when objects are moved across the surface.
8. Until crippled economies are rebuilt everything will be very brittle.
9. Working without annealing increases the hardness but also makes the alloy brittle and ultimately liable to crack.
10. For Joanna, now 15, had osteogenesis imperfecta, more commonly known as brittle bone disease.
11. Practical help and advice is available from the Brittle Bone Society, 112, City Road, Dundee DD2 2PW.
12. The brittle high-street monoliths are being dismantled and reassembled bit by bit to enable them to become more adept at finding the most efficient way to the punter's pocket.
13. She didn't dislike Flora, who wasn't as brittle as she seemed, and was knowing enough to play down her fashionable side to Jane.