present predicament

collocation in English

meaningsofpresentandpredicament

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present
adjective
uk
/ˈprez.ənt/us
/ˈprez.ənt/
in a ...
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predicament
noun[C]
uk
/prɪˈdɪk.ə.mənt/us
/prəˈdɪk.ə.mənt/
an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get ...
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(Definition ofpresentandpredicamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Then, perhaps, we might all awaken with a heightened awareness of ourpresentpredicament.
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That was the first step in bringing the yard to itspresentpredicament.
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There is more than one way in which he could have avoided ourpresentpredicament.
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The presentimpasse— thepresentpredicamentin which we find ourselves.
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Ourpresentpredicamentdemands that we should work together in the interests of consumers, fishermen and fish stocks.
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They closed plants throughout the country and left us in ourpresentpredicamentof open tendering for munitions.
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I greatly sympathise with the farmers in theirpresentpredicament.
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Perhaps the lack of an effective link is one of the reasons for ourpresentpredicament.
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Our present experience and ourpresentpredicamentwas foreseen and forecast in principle.
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But in ourpresentpredicamentanything which restrains inflationary cost increases in the short run is to be welcomed.
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The union leaders therefore have only themselves to blame for theirpresentpredicament.
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What on earth would he make of ourpresentpredicament?
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That is one cause of thepresentpredicament.
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That would be invaluable in thepresentpredicament.
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Thepresentpredicamentof young people is partly a product of lack of access to training.
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I really think ourpresentpredicamentis too great.
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It is within the powers of the town council to give to the old lady an assurance that would comfort her in herpresentpredicament.
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I hope that he will recognise that we are not without understanding and sympathy for him in hispresentpredicament.
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Some of my constituents think that theirpresentpredicamentrelates in part to that decision.
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And both aims will be served by bringing to the light of day the true facts of ourpresentpredicament.
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