BE IN A DIFFICULT/AWKWARD POSITION

Meaning of BE IN A DIFFICULT/AWKWARD POSITION in English

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POSITION — I. pəˈzishən, pōˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, from Latin position-, positio, from positus (past participle of ponere …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — I. ˈdifə](ˌ)kəlt sometimes -fē] or -fi]\ adjective Etymology: back-formation from difficulty 1. : hard to do, make, or carry out …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AWKWARD — ˈȯwə(r)d adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English awkeward in the wrong direction, upside down, from awke turned the wrong …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — (v. t.) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFICULT — (a.) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
Английский словарь Webster
AWKWARD — (a.) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, …
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFICULT — ( v. t. ) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — ( a. ) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AWKWARD — ( a. ) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POSITION — — positional , adj. — positionless , adj. /peuh zish"euhn/ , n. 1. condition with reference to place; location; situation. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — — difficultly , adv. /dif"i kult', -keuhlt/ , adj. 1. not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AWKWARD — — awkwardly , adv. — awkwardness , n. /awk"weuhrd/ , adj. 1. lacking skill or dexterity; clumsy. 2. lacking grace …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — adjective Etymology: Middle English, back-formation from difficulty Date: 14th century 1. : hard to do, make, or carry out : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AWKWARD — adjective Etymology: Middle English awkeward in the wrong direction, from awke turned the wrong way, from Old Norse ǫfugr; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POSITION — vt to indicate the position of; to place. 2. position ·noun a method of solving a problem by one or …
Webster English vocab
DIFFICULT — vt to render difficult; to impede; to perplex. 2. difficult ·adj hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought …
Webster English vocab
AWKWARD — adj perverse; adverse; untoward. 2. awkward ·adj not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. 3. awkward ·adj wanting dexterity in the …
Webster English vocab
AWKWARD — [awk.ward] adj [ME awkeward in the wrong direction, fr. awke turned the wrong way, fr. ON ofugr; akin to OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIFFICULT — difficult BrE AmE ˈdɪf ɪk ə lt -ək-; § \ -ɪ kʌlt, -ə- ▷ difficult|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AWKWARD — awkward BrE AmE ˈɔːk wəd AmE \ -w ə rd ˈɑːk- ▷ awkward|ly li ▷ awkward|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POSITION — / pəˈzɪʃn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PLACE 1. [ C ] the place where sb/sth is located …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — / ˈdɪfɪkəlt; NAmE / adjective 1. difficult (for sb) (to do sth) not easy; needing effort or skill to do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AWKWARD — / ˈɔːkwəd; NAmE -wərd/ adjective 1. making you feel embarrassed : There was an awkward silence. 2. difficult to deal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSITION — I. po ‧ si ‧ tion 1 S1 W1 /pəˈzɪʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIFFICULT — dif ‧ fi ‧ cult S1 W1 /ˈdɪfɪk ə lt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: difficulty ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AWKWARD — awk ‧ ward S3 /ˈɔːkwəd $ ˈɒːkwərd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: awk 'turned the wrong way' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POSITION — n. & v. --n. 1 a place occupied by a person or thing. 2 the way in which a thing …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIFFICULT — adj. 1 a needing much effort or skill. b troublesome, perplexing. 2 (of a person): a not easy to please …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AWKWARD — adj. 1 ill-adapted for use; causing difficulty in use. 2 clumsy or bungling. 3 a embarrassed (felt awkward about it). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POSITION — n. & v. n. 1 a place occupied by a person or thing. 2 the way in which a thing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — adj. 1 a needing much effort or skill. b troublesome, perplexing. 2 (of a person): a not easy to please …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AWKWARD — adj. 1 ill-adapted for use; causing difficulty in use. 2 clumsy or bungling. 3 a embarrassed (felt awkward about it). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — adj.1 a needing much effort or skill. b troublesome, perplexing. 2 (of a person): a not easy to please or …
Oxford English vocab
AWKWARD — adj.1 ill-adapted for use; causing difficulty in use. 2 clumsy or bungling. 3 a embarrassed (felt awkward about it). b …
Oxford English vocab
POSITION — ( positions, positioning, positioned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The position …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is difficult is not …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIFFICULT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a difficult choice ▪ It was a very difficult choice for me. a difficult concept …
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AWKWARD — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a difficult/an awkward stage ▪ He was 13 and going through that awkward stage. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIFFICULT — [adjective] - needing skill or effort; not easya difficult problem/choice/task/language/bookDiagnosis of the illness is notoriously/fiendishly difficult.It will be very difficult …
Cambridge English vocab
AWKWARD — (ANXIOUS) [adjective] - causing inconvenience, anxiety or embarrassmentan awkward position/situationHer controversial comment was followed by an awkward silence.They'd chosen an …
Cambridge English vocab
AWKWARD — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: CLUMSY 1, gawky, lumbering, lumpish, splathering, splay, ungainly Related Words: blundering, bumbling, bungling; clownish, lubberly, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AWKWARD — adjective 1. Synonyms: clumsy 1, gawky, lumbering, lumpish, splathering, splay, ungainly Related Word: blundering, bumbling, bungling; clownish, lubberly, oafish; cumbrous, …
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DIFFICULT — adj. VERBS ▪ be , look , prove , remain , seem , sound ▪ become , get ▪ It …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AWKWARD — adj. 1 difficult VERBS ▪ be , look , seem ▪ make sth ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DIFFICULT — See ↑ DIFFICULT 1,5,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ awkward/difficult • ↑ find sth difficult • ↑ make life difficult • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIFFICULT — INDEX: 1. difficult to do or understand 2. needing a lot of skill, hard work, and determination 3. needing a …
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AWKWARD — See ↑ CLUMSY 2, ↑ DIFFICULT 5,7, ↑ EMBARRASSED/EMBARRASSING 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ difficult/awkward
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DIFFICULT — adj. 25B6; adjective a very difficult job : HARD, strenuous, arduous, laborious, tough, onerous, burdensome, demanding, punishing, gruelling, back-breaking, exhausting, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AWKWARD — adj. 25B6; adjective the box was awkward to carry : DIFFICULT, tricky; cumbersome, lumbersome, unwieldy; Brit. informal fiddly. an awkward …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFICULT — adj. 1 hard, arduous, toilsome, strenuous, tough, laborious, burdensome, onerous, demanding He found it difficult to work the longer hours …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AWKWARD — adj. 1 clumsy, ungainly, left-handed, ham-handed, ham-fisted, blundering, bungling, maladroit, uncoordinated, undexterous, inexpert, gauche, unhandy, inept, oafish, unskilled, unskilful, Colloq …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
POSITION — 1. сущ. 1) а) положение, местоположение; место; позиция, расположение to assume, take a position ≈ принять какое-л. положение awkward, uncomfortable …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULT — прил. 1) трудный, сложный; тяжелый a difficult climb ≈ тяжелое восхождение Typing is difficult for me. ≈ Мне трудно печатать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BE — гл. 1) иметь место как факт, существовать, случаться а) существовать как факт в объективной реальности быть; быть живым, жить Tyrants …
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AWKWARD — прил. 1) неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т. п.) an awkward gait ≈ неуклюжая походка awkward age Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POSITION — position.ogg 1. pəʹzıʃ(ə)n n 1. 1> положение, местонахождение, расположение; место position data - координаты position buoy - указательный буй charted …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
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DIFFICULT — difficult.ogg ʹdıfık(ə)lt a 1. 1> трудный; тяжёлый difficult ascent task, text - трудное восхождение задание, -ый текст difficult ground - …
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BE — be.ogg bi: (полная форма); bı (редуцированная форма) v ( ед. ч. was, мн. ч. were; been; наст. вр. 1-е л. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AWKWARD — awkward.ogg ˈɔ:kwəd _a. 1> неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т.п.); an awkward gait неуклюжая походка; awkward age переходный возраст …
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