…a thin, flat piece of material prepared for examination with a microscope, in particular a piece of rock about 0.03 millimeters thick, or, for electron microscopy, a piece of tissue about 30 nanometers thick…
…be insensitive (or oversensitive) to criticism or insults…
…be sensitive (or insensitive) to criticism or insults…
…existing (or not existing) in large numbers or amounts…
…used to refer to the police, typically in the context of situations of civil unrest…
…chromatography in which compounds are separated on a thin layer of adsorbent material, typically a coating of silica gel on a glass plate or plastic sheet…
…be involved in so many different activities or projects that one’s time and energy are not used to good effect…
…an action or procedure of little importance in itself, but likely to lead to more serious developments…
