If you refer to a particular ~, you mean the general situation and circumstances connected with someone or something.
This ~ cannot continue for too long, if parliament is to recover...
N-SING: usu with supp
If you refer to a particular ~, you mean the general situation and circumstances connected with someone or something.
This ~ cannot continue for too long, if parliament is to recover...
N-SING: usu with supp
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012