dicey, deft, antic, off-licence, something dodgy, friending. Donald Trump and his lawyers realize his chances in the courtroom are dicey.

As Trial Looms on Monday, Trump Plays to a Jury of Millions

Donald Trump and his lawyers realize his chances in the courtroom are dicey. He intends to make whatever happens a political triumph.

Greece's back is to the wall. Four potential scenarios loom. All look dicey for the future of the euro zone except one—which is unfortunately the one politicians are least able to deliver
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Editorial: It’s Not Just Silvio Berlusconi

Italy’s economic problems go deeper than Mr. Berlusconi’s antics. The country needs good leaders to fight Europe’s demands for austerity.

 Criticism of her comes in two forms. First, that she could have done more had she wielded her handbag more deftly. Hatred, it is true, sometimes blinded her. Infuriated by the antics of left-wing local councils, she ended up centralising power in Whitehall.


The author of “Cloud Atlas” would like to drink dodgy Crimean wine with Chekhov and play a few rounds of Anglo-Russian Scrabble.

《云图》作者想和契科夫喝一杯劣质的克里米亚葡萄酒，玩几轮盎格鲁-俄罗斯拼字游戏。

When 'Friending' Becomes Source of Start-Up Funds

Small-business owners say they eagerly await an opportunity to sell stakes in their businesses through social networking. Critics say the idea is dangerous for investors, and even dicey for the entrepreneurs.

Hull was a tough place to grow up; everybody was doing something dodgy. I became part of a safe-cracking gang, but I wasn’t doing it for the money, I was doing it because it was an adventure. When I was 20 I was arrested for robbing two off-licences and a tobacco shop, and I was jailed for nine months. Eight years later, I was arrested again, and got 18 months. It’s not something I’m proud of, and I haven’t done anything criminal since.
赫尔的成长环境很恶劣，每个人都做着些歪门邪道的事情。我加入过一个盗窃保险柜的团 伙，但不是为了钱，而是因为那就像是一场冒险。20岁的时候，我因为抢劫两家卖酒的商店和一家烟店被捕，入狱9个月。8年后，我再次被捕，判了18个月。 我并不为这些事情感到自豪，从那以后就再也没有干过犯法的事。

The adjective dodge has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
Synonyms: chancy, chanceful, dicey
Meaning #2: marked by skill in deception
Synonyms: crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

dodgy[dodg・y]

• 発音記号[dɑ'dʒi | dɔ'dʒi]
• (dŏj'ē)
  adj. Chiefly British, -i·er, -i·est.
• Evasive; shifty.
• Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
• So risky as to require very deft handling.

[形]（-i・er, -i・est）((英略式))

1 ごまかしのじょうずな, ペテンの.

2 へまな, 無器用な.

3 〈計画が〉危なっかしい；〈物が〉危険性がある, 危ない.

4 〈体の一部が〉弱い, 健康でない.off-licence
(ôf'lī'səns, ŏf'-)
n. Chiefly British
A store that sells bottles or cans of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises.

dicey,

(dī'sē)
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
Involving or fraught with danger or risk: "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog" (New Yorker).

Definition of dicey in English:

adjective (dicier, diciest)

informal

Unpredictable and potentially dangerous:democracy is a dicey business

[From DICE.]

 deft

[形]器用な, 腕のいい(skillful)；（…が）巧みな((at ...)).

deft・ly

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 antic

adjective

archaic

• grotesque or bizarre.

Origin:

early 16th century: from Italian antico 'antique', used to mean 'grotesque'