SENSE, SENSITIVE AND SENSIBLE
FUNCIÓN
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Sense
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Cualquiera
de las facultades, como la vista, el oído, el olfato, el gusto o el tacto, mediante
las cuales los seres humanos y los animales perciben la estimulación
proveniente del exterior o del interior del cuerpo:
a) Mi sentido del
olfato me dice que la cena está lista.
b) Su operación o
función; Sensación
c) Un sentimiento o
percepción producida a través de los órganos del tacto, del gusto, etc., o
que resulta de una condición particular de alguna parte del cuerpo: tener una
sensación de frío.
d) Una facultad o
función de la mente análoga a la sensación: el sentido moral.
e) Cualquier capacidad
especial de percepción, estimación, apreciación, etc .: sentido del humor.
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Sensitive
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Es físico o emocional
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Si tus emociones se desvían
fácilmente, eres sensible.
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Si tu sentido del tacto es muy bueno,
eres sensible.
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Sensible
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Es
mental Si haces cosas que tienen sentido, eres sensato.
· Era
sensato cuando compraba ropa. No compré la ropa de diseñador porque era
demasiado cara.
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EJEMPLOS:
Sense
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But
give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered
only 50 at a time.
2.
It
may be fun and it may get them paid, until oversaturation ruins our sense for
irony and destroys the market for it.
3.
So
in that sense we have gotten close to the families that have lost loved ones,
be it from one side or the other.
4.
This
is acting in every sense of the word—bringing an unevolved animal to life and
making it utterly believable.
Sensitive
1. The back of your hand is one of the most sensitive parts
of your body.
2. The nurse was sensitive to her patient's needs.
3. He walked off in a huff. He can be so sensitive
sometimes.
4. The CEO hid the sensitive documents under his coat.
Sensible
1. He was a sensible young man, choosing to stay indoors
and study rather than go out with his friends.
2. She wore a plain cotton dress which showed her
sensible in fashion.
3. I want to buy that dress.' 'Be sensible, dear.
You haven't got that much money.
EJERCICIOS:
1.
Sticking to a ______ diet plan
ensures that the weight will stay off.
2.
Children on drugs often leave clues,
and _______ parents will investigate when their suspicions are
aroused.
3.
"The children I saw in
Yugoslavia appeared _______ and level-headed without the
buoyancy of childhood. Here were children I could understand."
4.
An extremely ________ person
can have a severe reaction to the small amount of milk protein in a candy bar.
5.
_________ medical equipment requires an
uninterrupted supply of power.
6.
A reporter at the Washington Post gained
access to several highly _______ CIA documents.
7.
"The _______ Shaw had
plenty of unwelcome advice for his ____ pupil."
8.
The device was so _____ that a sneeze
could shut it down.
9.
The most _____ way to resolve a family
problem is by open discussion.
10.
The government considered the
information too _____ to share with other countries, even though it had been
lying around for months in computers, briefcases, and flash drives.
