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Conveying the idea of “tricky”
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The other day I wanted to say to my students
That was easy, here's a trickier one.
I said
Ça c'était facile, en voici un plus délicat.
But I think délicat is of higher register than tricky. Dictionaries give as translations of tricky, depending on the context, rusé, difficile, among other words. I am wondering if there are other words or expressions that better convey the idea of tricky as given, for example, here
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tricky
(1) If you describe a task or problem as tricky, you mean that it is
difficult to do or deal with.
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The other day I wanted to say to my students
That was easy, here's a trickier one.
I said
Ça c'était facile, en voici un plus délicat.
But I think délicat is of higher register than tricky. Dictionaries give as translations of tricky, depending on the context, rusé, difficile, among other words. I am wondering if there are other words or expressions that better convey the idea of tricky as given, for example, here
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tricky
(1) If you describe a task or problem as tricky, you mean that it is
difficult to do or deal with.
expressions traduction anglais
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The other day I wanted to say to my students
That was easy, here's a trickier one.
I said
Ça c'était facile, en voici un plus délicat.
But I think délicat is of higher register than tricky. Dictionaries give as translations of tricky, depending on the context, rusé, difficile, among other words. I am wondering if there are other words or expressions that better convey the idea of tricky as given, for example, here
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tricky
(1) If you describe a task or problem as tricky, you mean that it is
difficult to do or deal with.
expressions traduction anglais
asked 8 hours ago
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The other day I wanted to say to my students
That was easy, here's a trickier one.
I said
Ça c'était facile, en voici un plus délicat.
But I think délicat is of higher register than tricky. Dictionaries give as translations of tricky, depending on the context, rusé, difficile, among other words. I am wondering if there are other words or expressions that better convey the idea of tricky as given, for example, here
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tricky
(1) If you describe a task or problem as tricky, you mean that it is
difficult to do or deal with.
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Délicat is fine in this context, no problem.
But in general in such situation we would use piège (or piégeux), which litterally means trap (or its associated adjective).
It means there is a trap, that is the hidden difficulty, that you can deal with by being careful. Both can be used in oral discussion, not so much when writing.
Depending on the context you can also use technique (which means technical).
You can use technique when one needs specific (technical) skills to overcome the problem.
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You could use the adjective vicieux if you want to convey a slighty humorous touch. It carries a mildly "sadistic" touch.
C'était un problème facile. En voici un plus vicieux.
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Délicat is fine in this context, no problem.
But in general in such situation we would use piège (or piégeux), which litterally means trap (or its associated adjective).
It means there is a trap, that is the hidden difficulty, that you can deal with by being careful. Both can be used in oral discussion, not so much when writing.
Depending on the context you can also use technique (which means technical).
You can use technique when one needs specific (technical) skills to overcome the problem.
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Délicat is fine in this context, no problem.
But in general in such situation we would use piège (or piégeux), which litterally means trap (or its associated adjective).
It means there is a trap, that is the hidden difficulty, that you can deal with by being careful. Both can be used in oral discussion, not so much when writing.
Depending on the context you can also use technique (which means technical).
You can use technique when one needs specific (technical) skills to overcome the problem.
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Délicat is fine in this context, no problem.
But in general in such situation we would use piège (or piégeux), which litterally means trap (or its associated adjective).
It means there is a trap, that is the hidden difficulty, that you can deal with by being careful. Both can be used in oral discussion, not so much when writing.
Depending on the context you can also use technique (which means technical).
You can use technique when one needs specific (technical) skills to overcome the problem.
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Délicat is fine in this context, no problem.
But in general in such situation we would use piège (or piégeux), which litterally means trap (or its associated adjective).
It means there is a trap, that is the hidden difficulty, that you can deal with by being careful. Both can be used in oral discussion, not so much when writing.
Depending on the context you can also use technique (which means technical).
You can use technique when one needs specific (technical) skills to overcome the problem.
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You could use the adjective vicieux if you want to convey a slighty humorous touch. It carries a mildly "sadistic" touch.
C'était un problème facile. En voici un plus vicieux.
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You could use the adjective vicieux if you want to convey a slighty humorous touch. It carries a mildly "sadistic" touch.
C'était un problème facile. En voici un plus vicieux.
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You could use the adjective vicieux if you want to convey a slighty humorous touch. It carries a mildly "sadistic" touch.
C'était un problème facile. En voici un plus vicieux.
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You could use the adjective vicieux if you want to convey a slighty humorous touch. It carries a mildly "sadistic" touch.
C'était un problème facile. En voici un plus vicieux.
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This insinuation of vice into the domain of pure intelligence is rather unpleasant.
– LPH
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This insinuation of vice into the domain of pure intelligence is rather unpleasant.
– LPH
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