Naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs.
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Examples for "pass "
Examples for "pass "
1 Higher energy prices increase transport costs which farmers pass on to consumers.
2 YOUR boarding pass contains far, far more information than you might think.
3 The pass rate on the course so far is 80 per cent.
4 UK police have said officers will pass the investigation to Spanish authorities.
5 These people must pass certain background checks for possible past criminal convictions.
1 On the production side Mexico's oil industry is in dire straits , however.
2 Carillion, for example, continued to win contracts despite being in dire straits .
3 It is clear why our train services are in such dire straits .
4 Dr Mulvihill said the men she had met were in dire straits .
5 The economy is not in desperate straits yet, but confidence appears shaken.
A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water.
1 About 17 million barrels of oil a day pass through the strait .
2 This monstrous suspension bridge spans the Bosphorus strait connecting Europe to Asia.
3 This is the broad outline of the situation across the Taiwan strait .
4 In a well-ordered society he'd be in a strait jacket right now.
5 The man was in a strait which could end only in anger.
6 The Sunda is the strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java.
7 I was the first to consider the possibility of bridging the strait .
8 To-day there was much ice both in the strait and at sea.
9 But even in that desperate strait the allies turned fiercely to bay.
10 We have passed some very large floes evidently frozen in the strait .
11 From the top, the remainder of the strait could be easily distinguished.
12 I brought you to this strait - the remedy is in your own hands.
13 The enemy has evidently assumed defensive measures along the strait of Niagara.
14 The setting sun drew itself a crimson path across the widening strait .
15 Apply to me at any time when you are in a strait .
16 From the strait they might turn their course to Salonica once more.
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Strait в диалектах
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