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  • 41distress — 1. noun 1) she concealed her distress Syn: anguish, suffering, pain, agony, torment, heartache, heartbreak; misery, wretchedness, sorrow, grief, woe, sadness, unhappiness, desolation, despair …

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  • 42distress — [dɪˈstres] noun [U] I 1) a feeling that you have when you are very unhappy, worried, or upset It was obvious that Gina was in great distress.[/ex] 2) a situation in which a ship or aircraft is in great danger and likely to sink or crash a message …

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  • 43Distress — distresas statusas T sritis švietimas apibrėžtis Nemalonus, kenksmingas, trikdantis veiklą stresas. kilmė angl. distress – pavojus atitikmenys: angl. distress vok. Distress rus. дистрес ryšiai: dar žiūrėk – stresas …

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  • 44distress — distresas statusas T sritis švietimas apibrėžtis Nemalonus, kenksmingas, trikdantis veiklą stresas. kilmė angl. distress – pavojus atitikmenys: angl. distress vok. Distress rus. дистрес ryšiai: dar žiūrėk – stresas …

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  • 45distress — The act of distraining the goods or cattle of another; the taking of possession of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer into that of the party injured, to procure satisfaction for the wrong done. 3 Bl Comm 6. The common law… …

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  • 46Distress and Diversion — The Distress and Diversion (D D) Frequency is an international standard radio frequency for aviation distress. Set on 121.500 MHz it is the frequency for reporting a Pan Pan or a Mayday call. It is used in uncontrolled airspace, where ATC… …

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  • 47Distress — Als Stressoren, zu deutsch Stressfaktoren, werden alle inneren und äußeren Reizereignisse bezeichnet, die eine adaptive Reaktion erfordern. Der Organismus interpretiert die auf ihn einwirkenden Reize und ihre Auswirkungen für die jeweilige… …

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  • 48distress — Mental or physical suffering or anguish. [L. distringo, to draw asunder] fetal d. SYN: nonreassuring fetal status. * * * Dispatch Stent Restenosis Study * * * dis·tress dis tres n pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind… …

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  • 49distress — 1. noun 1) she concealed her distress Syn: anguish, suffering, pain, agony, torment, heartache, heartbreak, sorrow, sadness, unhappiness 2) a ship in distress Syn: danger …

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  • 50distress call — /dəsˈtrɛs kɔl/ (say duhs tres kawl) noun 1. an international code sign indicating that the sender is in danger or difficulty, as Mayday or SOS. 2. any communication indicating distress: the police sent out a distress call for blood donors …