terrible strain

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleandstrain

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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strain
noun
uk
/streɪn/us
/streɪn/
a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes ...
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(Definition ofterribleandstrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was aterriblestrain, and only the healthy vigour of youth allowed you to go through it.
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They are under aterriblestrainand have asked us to relieve them of this work as soon as possible.
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Arising from theterriblestrainand dangers of work in the pits, nearly 600 paraplegic men in this country have to lie in bed.
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It does not need a very vivid imagination to realise theterriblestrainand anguish of those seven years.
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We are spending £180,000,000 a year in this time ofterriblestrainand stress in this country.
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We are putting aterriblestrainon them.
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The whole position of local authority financing at the moment is one ofterriblestrain.
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They may not suffer greatly, but everyone will require hospital treatment, and if dealt with properly it will put the hospitals to aterriblestrain.
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It was aterriblestrainupon an overwrought nerve.
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He claims that during this very anxious period when he had to undergo thisterriblestrainhis financial losses amounted to some £300.
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That must beterriblestrainand very depressing.
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This persecution has causedterriblestrainto a number of farming families and has resulted in mental breakdown and even death.
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Would this not be an opportunity to do something decent to try to relieve theterriblestrainunder which the staff have to work?
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It was aterriblestrainupon the resources, the strength and the vitality of the nations.
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It also enables us to voice our deep and profound admiration for the manner in which they are bearing themselves under this mostterriblestrain.
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One may hope that war may be avoided, but it will be aterriblestrainthrough the years ahead.
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Modern war means that the soldier has to go through an ordeal which involves aterriblestrainon his nerves.
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It is a great boast for any country to be able to say that they had kept their good temper and reasonableness when tried by thisterriblestrainof war.
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It is aterriblestrain, this continual unemployment; and it should be remembered that people have always got to have something to carry on the house, apart from food.
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We lived through an age of industrial depression, and very many of us had to take heavy and unsuitable jobs with an artificial limb that was aterriblestrain.
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