impossible situation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimpossibleandsituation
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impossible
adjective
uk/ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us/ɪmˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
If an action or event is impossible, it cannot happen or ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofimpossibleandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is great dignity in their behaviour in animpossiblesituation.
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I hope that it will be in order for me to table an amendment to reverse thisimpossiblesituation.
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That leaves my constituents in animpossiblesituation.
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To allow this sum to accumulate and then endeavour to liquidate it in the charges schemes would produce animpossiblesituation.
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It would be animpossiblesituation, anyway, because how would the landlord know?
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It is animpossiblesituationto be committed to something which is unknown.
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That would, of course, be animpossiblesituation.
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The garrison is still fighting hard and a gallant attempt to save what appears to be animpossiblesituationis being made.
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It is putting them in animpossiblesituation.
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It is animpossiblesituationfor hundreds upon hundreds of local authorities.
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Discipline would break down and there would be animpossiblesituation.
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Because of the attitude that the party opposite took up, because the party opposite created animpossiblesituation.
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We are ending up with animpossiblesituation.
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Here was a man in animpossiblesituation.
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It would be an absurd andimpossiblesituation.
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I think it has been put into animpossiblesituation.
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Clearly, this would result in animpossiblesituation, with considerable knock-on effects.
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That is animpossiblesituationin which to put us.
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