bitter winter

collocation in English

meaningsofbitterandwinter

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bitter
adjective
uk
/ˈbɪt.ər/us
/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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winter
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈwɪn.tər/us
/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/
the season between autumn and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator, when the weather ...
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(Definition ofbitterandwinterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Having endured a hot and humid first summer the settlement suffered abitterwinterin 1607-8.
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With or without the productivity deal, it looks like being a cold, expensive andbitterwinter.
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So we face abitterwinterwith the industry in this situation.
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Now many citizens in many countries are suffering considerably as a result, and their energy supplies have been cut in the middle of abitterwinter.
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During thebitterwintermonths we have a constant concern for those who sail our seas to find a living.
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It has been a long andbitterwinterfor the aged, many of whom have been living in poverty.
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It is important that they should be able to look forward to three additional payments during thesebitterwintermonths.
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In view of thebitterwinterwhich we are going through, does he realise how cruel this delay has been?
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I think this is a mean little clause—a hangover from thatbitterwinterwhich we keep bringing up as a justification for doing many dubious things.
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Thebitterwinterled to hypothermia appearing as the underlying cause of death on 20 death certificates.
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There was a great deal of heartsearching throughout thisbitterwinter—a winter so reminiscent of 20 years ago, when we were losing ship after ship and battle after battle.
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If we had not casually seen her in the street, she would have been walking about during thebitterwinter and might possibly have contracted pneumonia and died.
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It is the problem of the tremendous burden on many families which, during thisbitterwinter, the high off-peak tariffs, as applied to night storage heaters, has brought about.
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At this point abitterwinterinterrupted operations until spring.
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Convoy duty continued through thebitterwinterof 1939/40.
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Finding no valuable contents, they made a fire to warm themselves in thebitterwinterweather.
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The traditional fuel, dung, burns poorly and offers poor relief from thebitterwintertemperatures.
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Thebitterwinterwas spent drilling and learning to ride.
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The style allowed for rising heat from the animals to help heat the home duringbitterwintermonths.
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In 1956, abitterwintercaused the production of wine to experience a renaissance, as the olive trees had died from the cold.
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