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be+in+a+difficult+situation

  • 1 jam

    [‹æm] I noun
    (a thick sticky substance made of fruit etc preserved by being boiled with sugar: raspberry jam; ( also adjective) a jam sandwich.) ievārījums; ievārījuma-
    II 1. past tense, past participle - jammed; verb
    1) (to crowd full: The gateway was jammed with angry people.) sablīvēties
    2) (to squeeze, press or wedge tightly or firmly: He jammed his foot in the doorway.) iespiest; iegrūst; saspiest
    3) (to stick and (cause to) be unable to move: The door / steering-wheel has jammed.) iesprūst; ieķīlēties
    4) ((of a radio station) to cause interference with (another radio station's broadcast) by sending out signals on a similar wavelength.) traucēt (raidstaciju)
    2. noun
    1) (a crowding together of vehicles, people etc so that movement is difficult or impossible: traffic-jams.) sablīvējums; sastrēgums; drūzma
    2) (a difficult situation: I'm in a bit of a jam - I haven't got enough money to pay for this meal.) ķeza
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    džems, ievārījums; sablīvējums, sastrēgums, drūzma; iesprūdums, saķīlējums; traucējums; ķeza; iegrūst, iespiest; saspiest; piespiest; radīt sastrēgumu, sablīvēties; iesprūst, saķīlēties; traucēt; improvizēt

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  • 2 embroil

    [im'brəil]
    (to involve (a person) in a quarrel or in a difficult situation: I do not wish to become embroiled in their family quarrels.) iejaukt; ievilkt (nepatikšanās u.tml.)
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    sajaukt; iejaukt, ievilkt

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  • 3 predicament

    [pri'dikəmənt]
    (an unfortunate or difficult situation.) nepatīkama/grūta situācija
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    nepatīkams stāvoklis; kategorija

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  • 4 face up to

    (to meet or accept boldly: She faced up to her difficult situation.) droši stāties pretī

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  • 5 leave in the lurch

    (to leave (a person etc) in a difficult situation and without help.) pamest [] nelaimē

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  • 6 complication

    1) (something making a situation etc more difficult: Taking the dog with us on holiday will be an added complication.) komplikācija; sarežģījums
    2) (a development (in an illness etc) which makes things worse.) komplikācija
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    komplikācija

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  • 7 nasty

    1) (unpleasant to the senses: a nasty smell.) riebīgs; nejauks
    2) (unfriendly or unpleasant in manner: The man was very nasty to me.) nejauks; ļauns
    3) (wicked; evil: He has a nasty temper.) slikts; ļauns
    4) ((of weather) very poor, cold, rainy etc.) slikts; riebīgs
    5) ((of a wound, cut etc) serious: That dog gave her a nasty bite.) bīstams
    6) (awkward or very difficult: a nasty situation.) slikts; draudīgs
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    - nastiness
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    nejauks, nelāgs; šķebinošs, riebīgs, pretīgs; neķītrs, piedauzīgs; dzēlīgs, ļauns; bīstams, draudīgs

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  • 8 proposition

    [propə'ziʃən] 1. noun
    1) (a proposal or suggestion.) priekšlikums; ierosinājums
    2) (a thing or situation that must be done or dealt with: a difficult proposition.) problēma; nepatīkama situācija; sarežģīts uzdevums
    2. verb
    (to propose to someone to have sex together: He was propositioned by a prostitute.) piedāvāties, uzmākties
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    ierosinājums, priekšlikums; nodoms, plāns; jautājums, problēma; neķītrs priekšlikums; teorēma; spriedums; izteikt priekšlikumu, ierosināt; izteikt neķītru priekšlikumu

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  • 9 quandary

    ['kwondəri]
    plural - quandaries; noun
    (a state of uncertainty; a situation in which it is difficult to decide what to do.) neziņa; apmulsums
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    apmulsums, neizpratne, neziņa

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  • 10 relate

    [rə'leit] 1. verb
    1) (to tell (a story etc): He related all that had happened to him.) []stāstīt
    2) ((with to) to be about, concerned or connected with: Have you any information relating to the effect of penicillin on mice?) attiekties uz; būt saistītam ar
    3) ((with to) to behave towards: He finds it difficult to relate normally to his mother.) saprasties, satikt (ar kādu)
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    - relation
    - relationship
    - relative     2. adjective
    1) (compared with something else, or with each other, or with a situation in the past etc: the relative speeds of a car and a train; She used to be rich but now lives in relative poverty.) relatīvs; salīdzinošs
    2) ((of a pronoun, adjective or clause) referring back to something previously mentioned: the girl who sang the song; the girl who sang the song.) attieksmes vietniekvārds; apzīmētāja palīgteikums
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    atstāstīt, stāstīt; attiecināt, saistīt; attiekties; satikt, saprasties

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  • 11 sticky

    1) (able, or likely, to stick or adhere to other surfaces: He mended the torn book with sticky tape; sticky sweets.) lipīgs; līpošs
    2) ((of a situation or person) difficult; awkward.) nepatīkams; grūts
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    lipīgs; nepatīkams; smacīgs; negribīgs; grūts, smags

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  • 12 ticklish

    1) (easily made to laugh when tickled: Are you ticklish?) kutelīgs, jutīgs uz kutināšanu
    2) (not easy to manage; difficult: a ticklish problem/situation.) delikāts; sarežģīts
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    kutelīgs; viegli aizvainojams; kutelīgs, delikāts

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  • 13 a tight corner/spot

    (a difficult position or situation: His refusal to help put her in a tight corner/spot.) grūta situācija; spīlēs

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  • 14 find one's feet

    (to become able to cope with a new situation: She found the new job difficult at first but she soon found her feet.) nostāties uz kājām; kļūt patstāvīgam

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  • 15 have one's back to the wall

    (to be in a very difficult or desperate situation: He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.) būt ļoti grūtos apstākļos / situācijā

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  • 16 out of the frying-pan into the fire

    (from a difficult or dangerous situation into a worse one: His first marriage was unhappy but his second was even more unhappy - it was a real case of out of the frying-pan into the fire.) no vilka bēg, uz lāci krīt

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См. также в других словарях:

  • difficult situation — index imbroglio, nuisance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • difficult situation — n. hard situation, situation that causes difficulty …   English contemporary dictionary

  • situation — sit‧u‧a‧tion [ˌsɪtʆuˈeɪʆn] noun [countable] a combination of all that is happening and all the conditions that exist at a particular time and place: • I d better go and see the boss and explain the situation. • In view of the company s financial …   Financial and business terms

  • situation — sit|u|a|tion W1S1 [ˌsıtʃuˈeıʃən] n 1.) a combination of all the things that are happening and all the conditions that exist at a particular time in a particular place ▪ I explained the situation. in a ... situation ▪ She coped well in a difficult …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • difficult — dif|fi|cult W1S1 [ˈdıfıkəlt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: difficulty] 1.) hard to do, understand, or deal with ≠ ↑easy ▪ a difficult question ▪ an immensely difficult task ▪ Was the exam very difficult? ▪ It s difficult to see how more savings… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • situation — 01. If I were in your [situation], I d probably do the same as you. 02. I really admire José s ability to stay calm in stressful [situations]. 03. Forest fires are burning in 3 different places in the state, but firefighters say the [situation]… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • difficult — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hard to achieve] Syn. laborious, hard, arduous, strenuous, demanding, exacting, hard won, stiff, heavy, painful, labored, trying, titanic, bothersome, troublesome, burdensome, backbreaking, not easy, wearisome, onerous,… …   English dictionary for students

  • situation — n. 1 a place and its surroundings (the house stands in a fine situation). 2 a set of circumstances; a position in which one finds oneself; a state of affairs (came out of a difficult situation with credit). 3 an employee s position or job. 4 a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • situation — [sich΄o͞o ā′shən] n. [LME setuacyon < ML situatio: see SITUATE] 1. manner in which a thing is situated in relation to its surroundings; location; position 2. a place; locality 3. position or condition with regard to circumstances 4. a) the… …   English World dictionary

  • situation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, overall, whole ▪ current, immediate, present ▪ international, local, national …   Collocations dictionary

  • situation */*/*/ — UK [ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms situation : singular situation plural situations Metaphor: Situations and states are like places. A pleasant/happy situation is safe, like your home, and a bad situation is like an unpleasant… …   English dictionary

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