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strait1 [streıt] SUBST

2. strait [常作复数]:

strait2 [streıt] ADJ

▶ straitly ADV
▶ straitness SUBST

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He soon received word that the new missions were in dire straits, with extremely low levels of provisions.
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Wind patterns were often contrary, variable, and baffling, especially within the coastal straits and archipelagoes, which makes sailing dangerous.
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She had been typecast, he warned her, and her career was in perilous straits.
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She became his blood sister, promising to help him in dire straits.
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Under his scheme, brown water would be zones in which ocean-going units could not operate at all, including rivers, minefields, straits and other choke points.
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Despite the prohibitions, domains in severe financial straits occasionally issued paper money.
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The team was in dire financial straits at the end of as the team did not receive a payment on a sponsorship deal.
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Few of us are so hard-hearted that we would turn our backs on people in desperate straits.
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The coastlines are indented, and the islands themselves are divided from each other by straits generally called sounds or firths.
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Some lochs could also be called firths, fiords, estuarys, straits or bays.
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