The subtle languages of movement, expression, and eyes told him more than speech did, anyway.

"It's subtle, non-edgy language that helps put things into perspective," she said.

It is not a terribly subtle language, since the models most youngsters carry transmit only numbers.

English is a very subtle language.

In terms of personality, they tended to be affable, subtle, and fond of the interpersonal arts: chief among them, language.

'And there are people who claim that French is the subtle language,' he said.

His whole body spoke a subtle language of command; something that had developed quite naturally and unconsciously during the long years of his rule.

"Even the most subtle languages begin somewhere with a grunt," Chiun said.

We are fortunate that he had the English language at his disposal, infinitely subtle - even when gaudy and too brightly lit.

He wrote a letter to Morita, and in not so subtle language told him that the recorder, from a singer's perspective, was junk.