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hanging offenceA crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.Rate it:

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chip on one's shoulderA tendency to take offence quickly.Rate it:

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thin-skinnedOverly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; touchy.Rate it:

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accusare aliquem rei capitalis (rerum capitalium)to charge some one with a capital offence.Rate it:

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if you don't mind me sayingUsed to introduce one's opinion about something to which offence could be takenRate it:

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il se pique d'un rienHe takes offence at the slightest thing.Rate it:

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no tea, no shadeIndicating that no offence is meant, that the speaker is merely making an observation.Rate it:

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nulla pœna sine legeThe principle that a person shall receive no punishment unless he has committed an offence as explicitly defined in a law.Rate it:

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quod non arroganter dixerimwhich I can say without offence, arrogance.Rate it:

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Solo capite sanxit, si quis... (Att. 10. 1)Solon made it a capital offence to...Rate it:

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thin-skinnedoverly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchyRate it:

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