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- seat 226
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- Measles 26
- To believe or accept that something is true or exists 30
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- green belt 129
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- londoner 69
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- Prior 91
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- general practice 159
- brush 329
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- slimeball 62
- entangled 143
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- fixed assets 124
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- inaugurate 313
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- contemporaries 62
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- Sudan 62
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- x 75
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- tracks 39
- General words for ceremonies 80
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- fandango 114
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- searchlight 76
- yodel 85
- moggies 47
- equal opportunity 81
- slaughterhouse 198
- pally 79
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- embankment 125
- incursion 89
- inlay 54
- rioting 170
- dehydrate 353
- splash 591
- district-court 119
- stair 593
- superintendent 263
- psoriasis 83
- roomful 66
- stereotypical 191
- adhd 147
- fill the bill 29
- lowly 180
- current affairs 153
strait
Word family
strait /streɪt/ ●○○ noun [countableC] → straight
1 (also straits [plural])SG a narrow passage of water between two areas of land, usually connecting two seas 海峡；〔狭窄的〕水道
2 be in dire straits PROBLEMto be in a very difficult situation, especially a financial one 陷于极度的困境中〔尤指财务困境〕
Examples from the Corpus
be in dire straits• Everton, to put it bluntly, are in dire straits.• The result is a society that was in dire straits because its cannibalism turned against itself, involving even small children.
Examples from the Corpus
strait• Everton, to put it bluntly, are in dire straits.• Beyond the strait it was expected that we might encounter enemy submarines.• They were expelled, and replaced by an Athenian citizen colony, strategically placed to hold the straits of Artemision.• Smugglers have been plying the straits for years.• the Strait of Magellan
(1300-1400) strait “narrow” ((13-20 centuries)), from Old French estreit, from Latin strictus; → STRICT
strait noun
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