noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ awful , difficult , dire , terrible , worse
▪
Other companies are in an even worse ~ than ourselves.
▪ current , present
▪ financial
▪
the team's dire financial ~
▪ personal
▪ similar
▪
When I was your age, I was in a similar ~.
▪ human
▪
a portrayal of the human ~
VERB + PREDICAMENT
▪ be caught in , be in , face , find yourself in , get into
▪
Many young people find themselves in this ~.
▪ place sb in , put sb in
▪ escape , escape from , get out of
▪
How were we to escape this awful ~?
▪ realize , understand
▪ consider , ponder
▪ explain
▪
She was searching for the right words to explain her ~.
▪ solve
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Now I really was in a dire ~.