STRAITS

Meaning of STRAITS in English

a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty:

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

STRAITS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Mackinac Straits of {{link=Straits Question">Straits Question Straits Settlements
Английский словарь Британика
STRAITS — (pl. ) of Strait
Английский словарь Webster
STRAITS — ( pl. ) of Strait
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAITS — n. bad and difficult situation due to financial problems
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAITS — n. Dardanelles; Bosporus
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAITS — pl of strait.
Webster English vocab
STRAITS — [plural] [noun] - a difficult and troubled situation, esp. because of financial problemsSo many companies are in such dire/difficult straits …
Cambridge English vocab
STRAITS — n. Florida Straits of Mackinac Straits of Straits Question Straits Settlements
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STRAITS
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAITS — • ↑ be in dire straits
Longman Activator English vocab
STRAITS — n. difficulties 1) desperate, dire; financial ~ 2) in desperate ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
STRAITS — artists tsarist
Anagrams English vocabulary
STRAITS — (мн.ч.)затруднительное положение straits waistcoat straits затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства ~ пролив
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — Пролив
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — n. стесненное положение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
STRAITS — n. стесненное положение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
STRAITS — Нищета
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — Нищенство
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — Затруднительное положение
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — перешеек (редко) узкий узкость Гибралтарский пролив
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
STRAITS — Гибралтарский пролив - straits of Dover
Англо-Русский морской словарь
STRAITS — (мн.ч.)затруднительное положение straits waistcoat straits затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства ~ пролив
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — затруднительное положение
Англо-Русский словарь
STRAITS — стесненное положение
English-Russian Online Dictionary
STRAITS TIMES, THE — morning daily newspaper published in Singapore, generally recognized as one of the outstanding English-language papers of the Far East. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRAITS QUESTION — in European diplomacy of the 19th and 20th centuries, a recurrent controversy over restrictions on the passage of warships through …
Britannica English vocabulary
JUNCTURE — ˈjəŋ(k)chə(r), -(k)shə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin junctura, from junctus (past participle of jungere to join) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAN CHENG LOCK — also spelled Tan Cheng-lock (b. April 5, 1883, Malacca, Straits Settlements [now in Malaysia]d. Dec. 8, 1960, Malacca, Malaya). Malaysian …
Britannica English vocabulary
HURON, LAKE — Frozen shoreline of Lake Huron, Michigan. second largest of the Great Lakes of North America, bounded on the west by …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRAIT — ( straits) 1. You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE desperate ▪ Without papal assistance, crown finances would have been in even more desperate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIRE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a desperate/dire shortage (= very serious and worrying ) ▪ There is a desperate shortage …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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