sábado, 21 de julho de 2012

word of the day: Predicament


Predicament: situação desagradável ou difícil, apuro
Synonyms: bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp

“The governor has gotten himself into quite a predicament.”
“I don't know how to get out of the predicament I'm in.” (www.merriam-webster.com)
“The captain of archers fidgeted and coughed and rolled his eyes at his men, as if such cupidity and dishonor were an inevitable but minor aspect of the human predicament …” (Michael Chabon, New York Times Magazine, 6 May 2007}

Obs.:” in a pretty predicament”: “ num apuro tremendo.”    

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