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ter [o sentir] cócegas

to be ticklish

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Another boy was staked to the ground and tied to tent pegs in a star shape to teach him not to be ticklish. en.wikipedia.org

We're at a ticklish point in the season for punters. www.mirror.co.uk

While the palm of the hand is far more sensitive to touch, some people find that the armpits are the most ticklish. en.wikipedia.org

Putting a mortgage over another person's land when you know them well can be a ticklish thing. www.stuff.co.nz

The strings have some ticklish passages which would need to be worked on but written with complete understanding and knowledge of the capabilities of the instruments. en.wikipedia.org

There might be areas that are sensitive or where they're ticklish. www.dailymail.co.uk

The third girl involved in the game was not tickled after she told the teacher she wasn't ticklish. www.brisbanetimes.com.au

However, forward models predict the outcome of your motor movements, meaning the motion is predictable, and therefore not ticklish. en.wikipedia.org

These individuals exhibited outrageous bursts, and many described themselves as ticklish and shy. en.wikipedia.org

Finding a suitable and optimal mix of these two modes of revenue transfer is indeed a ticklish problem, as acknowledged by the authors. www.thehindu.com

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