awkward situation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofawkwardandsituation
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awkward
adjective
uk/ˈɔː.kwəd/us/ˈɑː.kwɚd/
difficult to use, do, 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 ofawkwardandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This term denotes anawkwardsituationwhere the fate of a social movement is bound to the electoral performance of a certain political party.
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This is a veryawkwardsituationwe have got into.
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Then there will be cases when it is essential that a difficult andawkwardsituationshould be sorted out immediately.
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It seemed to me that the limitation which was being proposed might create anawkwardsituation.
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He recommended it in his most persuasive terms as the best solution for what he admitted was an extremelyawkwardsituation.
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In the first few days anawkwardsituationarose.
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However, that is here the case, and we are faced with a ratherawkwardsituation.
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If legislation is required, it ought to be brought in at a very early date in order to clarify a difficult andawkwardsituation.
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I do not criticise the prison staff, who are in anawkwardsituation.
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In the end they were able to emerge with some honour from what might have been anawkwardsituation.
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Anything therefore which tends to raise unduly the price of our exported products may lead us into a veryawkwardsituation.
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There will be anawkwardsituationin relation to the fixed link and in ensuring that the testing is adequate.
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If there is no agreement, we shall find ourselves in a difficult andawkwardsituation.
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This has created a veryawkwardsituationin the anthracite coalfields, because it has shaken the confidence of the men in the industry.
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On the other side there is what could be a veryawkwardsituationfor farmers and farmland in this country.
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This situation places the private buses or those jointly owned by private and railway enterprise in anawkwardsituation.
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Then he is in a veryawkwardsituation.
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One quite appreciates that, faced with thisawkwardsituation, you had to decide what you felt was best to be done.
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I am not saying that, but it would have caused a lot of heart-burning and there would have been anawkwardsituation.
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