English English Dictionary

circumstances in English:

1. the existing conditions or state of affair

2. under

under the bed

Under the circumstances, bankruptcy is inevitable.

Under the new law, husbands can take days off to care for their children.

You are under no obligation to divulge that information.

She wished for a more relaxing life, but that was impossible under the circumstances.

The area was cordoned off while fire fighters tried to keep the blaze under control.

She's been living for the last five years under an assumed name.

A lot of companies are going under lately because banks are so tight with their money.

Japan came under American pressure to open its financial market.

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

I have struggled under extreme difficulties for a long time.

By freeing thought from its object, Descartes made it possible to view the latter in strictly mechanical terms, reopening the way to science, suffocated for more than fifteen centuries under religious nonsense.

Bear in mind that, under such circumstances, we have no alternative but to find another buyer.

I hear the governor's been getting money under the table from tobacco companies.

People under eighteen aren't supposed to buy alcoholic drinks.

English word "circumstances"(under) occurs in sets:

Semestr 1 - Unit 02 (collocations)

3. situation

The situation worsened.

Sorry, but it all came about so suddenly that I haven't got a handle on the situation yet.

A really perceptive person can figure out a whole situation with just a few clues. That's the kind of person I want you to become.

I think it's unlikely that a situation like this one would ever occur again.

Having been caught in that situation before, I knew exactly what to do.

This complex situation arose because signals from the environment itself can be inadequate.

Situation report. "At present 4 in sight. At most probably 7. Holding small calibre arms."

He's a tenacious guy who always manages to come out on top. He's the kind of guy who can turn any situation to his advantage.

I want you to somehow resolve the situation as promptly and avoiding to cause trouble for my sister and those around us as much as possible.

The political situation was, to say the least, extremely unstable during the next ten years of his reign.

However, as soon as I saw the situation at the train station I began to regret this decision.

This means that our perception of any situation depends only partly on sensory signals being received at that time.

If you are silent in a conversation or social situation for a long time, Americans will try to get you to talk.

With text we mean any communicative situation of significant length.

I explained the situation, as this, that and such and such, but they just nodded along without showing much interest.

English English Dictionary

circumstances in English:

1. the existing conditions or state of affair

2. under

English word "circumstances"(under) occurs in sets:

3. situation

English word "circumstances"(situation) occurs in sets:

4. situation's

5. this situation

English word "circumstances"(this situation) occurs in sets:

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