| Traduções principais |
| Inglês | Português |
| predicament n | (difficult situation) (situação difícil) | apuro, dilema, aperto sm |
| The buyer backed out and now we're in a predicament. |
| O comprador recuou e agora estamos em apuros. |
| dire straits npl | (desperate situation) (situação desesperadora) | apuro, aperto sm |
| perrengue sm |
| The people of this war-torn country are facing dire straits. |
| neatness n | (room, etc.: orderly state) (num aposento) | esmero, capricho, apuro sm |
| ordem, limpeza sf |
| The neatness of my neighbor's house is impressive. |
| straits npl | figurative (bad situation) (situação ruim) | aperto, apuro sm |
| They're in terrible straits now, carrying two mortgages. |
| pickle n | informal, figurative (difficult situation) (figurado, informal) | apuro sm |
| Oh dear, we're lost; we're in a pickle now. |
| awkwardness n | (situation: trickiness, difficulty) | embaraço sm |
| complicação sf |
| apuro sm |
| Imagine the awkwardness of Jake's bumping into his girlfriend while he was at a restaurant with Gina! |
