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  • 1embarrassing position — index plight, predicament Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2position — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 place ADJECTIVE ▪ correct, exact ▪ central ▪ geographical ▪ relative ▪ military …

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  • 3embarrassing — [[t]ɪmbæ̱rəsɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is embarrassing makes you feel shy or ashamed. That was an embarrassing situation for me... Men find it embarrassing to be honest. Syn: uncomfortable, awkward Derived words: embarrassingly ADV… …

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  • 4position — n. posture 1) to assume, take a position 2) an awkward, uncomfortable; comfortable position 3) a kneeling; lotus; lying; prone; sitting; squatting; straddle; supine position 4) the fetal, foetal position attitude 5) to assume, take a position 6)… …

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  • 5embarrassing — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, sound ▪ become, get ▪ make sth ▪ My mother s presence made the situation even more embarrassing …

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  • 6embarrassing — adjective 1. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment (Freq. 3) awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion an awkward pause followed his remark a sticky question in the unenviable position of resorting to… …

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  • 7Thomas Cranmer — Cranmer redirects here. For other people with the surname, see Cranmer (surname). Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury Portrait by Gerlach Flicke, 1545[ …

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  • 8plight — I noun adverse circumstance, adversity, awkward situation, case, circumstance, condition, corner, crisis, critical situation, difficulty, dilemma, embarrassing position, embarrassing situation, emergency, footing, hardship, imbroglio, lot,… …

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  • 9Dan Shore — (b. 1975) is an American composer and playwright from Allentown, Pennsylvania whose works include The Beautiful Bridegroom, An Embarrassing Position, Travel, Works of Mercy, and Lady Orchid. His comic opera The Beautiful Bridegroom, based on the… …

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  • 10egg — I n. 1) to hatch; incubate; lay eggs 2) to beat (AE), whisk (BE); boil; fry; poach an egg 3) to candle eggs 4) an addled, bad, rotten egg; boiled; devilled; fried; hard boiled; poached; raw; Scotch (BE); scrambled; soft boiled eggs 5) (misc.) a… …

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