tricky situation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftrickyandsituation
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tricky
adjective
uk/ˈtrɪk.i/us/ˈtrɪk.i/
If a piece of work or problem is tricky, it is difficult to deal with and needs careful attention ...
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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 oftrickyandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I am delighted to welcome the amendments because they surmount what could have been a verytrickysituation.
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He referred to thetrickysituationat a concert.
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I see this as a positive way forward in a rathertrickysituation.
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I should like them to consider the damage they have caused in this already incredibly difficult andtrickysituation.
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We find ourselves in a verytrickysituation.
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I accept that it is a verytrickysituation.
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In these circumstances, perhaps, with the developing miners' dispute and the existing pockets of discontent within the steel work force, we have atrickysituation.
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That leads us on to the question of how robust is the policy framework that we have to deal with thistrickysituation.
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I think that the then temporary governor was faced with a verytrickysituation, and that the right decision was taken.
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Atrickysituationhas arisen within the industry in recent years.
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That is understandable to some degree, for we find ourselves in atrickysituation.
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We agreed that it should be entitled to follow its judgment in handling this difficult,trickysituation.
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I think that it is an important step forward in a verytrickysituationindeed.
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They have to deal with an extremelytrickysituationindeed.
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This is atrickysituation.
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It was a verytrickysituation.
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Atrickysituationmight arise.
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That clarifies atrickysituation.
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It was a verytrickysituationin the sense that we were trying to recreate something, but honor the spirit and concept (of the original), while telling a different story.
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Anusuya felt that the three guests who asked such a strange favour are not normal people since they are trying to place her in atrickysituation.
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