Johnson's easy charm contrasted sharply with the prickliness of his boss.

约翰的随和与他老板的挑剔形成了鲜明的对比。

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Turkey's growing influence has fostered a new national confidence that has replaced decades of paranoia and prickliness.

土耳其日益增长的影响力培养了新的国民信心，这已经取代了数十年的偏执和敏感。

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This is due in part to German prickliness about fully integrating a foreign minority.

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Turkey's growing influence has fostered a new national confidence that has replaced decades of paranoia and prickliness.

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The challenge to Mr Tusk comes from PiS, which blends patriotic conservatism and prickliness to foreigners with socially minded Catholicism.

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