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Значения термина to be in extremis на английском

To be in the proccess of dying, to face the foreseeable and inevitable end ones life usually due to sickness.

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Examples for "moribund"
Examples for "moribund"
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Yet a moribund real estate market means the company's outlook remains uncertain.
Reuters
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Block deals may help league table credit, especially when business is moribund.
Reuters
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Given the need to rejuvenate a moribund, oil-dependent economy, that's not ideal.
Reuters
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Control the moribund local machinery, it seems, and power will be yours.
The Guardian
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Stockholm's move reflects growing international exasperation over the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
The Irish Times
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The camp was half hidden, and the fires there must be dying.
Storm Over Warlock
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The scare of a few weeks back seemed to be dying down.
The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
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She might be dying-deadfor aught I knew-whenhe reached the house.
Basil
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He seemed to be dying on his feet, when the master whistled.
The Seventh Man
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The man may be dying of want, and you slip past afraid.
What Men Live By, and Other Tales
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Later, he was found lying upon the pavement in a dying condition.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
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Four days afterwards the dog crept out in a dying condition.
The Lifeboat
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The Governor, Sir James Craig, in a dying condition, relinquished office.
The Story of Isaac Brock / Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper C...
4
He was carried back to the town by his soldiers, in a dying condition.
World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
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He was badly wounded in the left breast, and was apparently in a dying condition.
A Sketch of the Causes, Operations and Results of the San Franci...
1
Remember me when you lie dying-inblood and pain.
Ayesha, the Return of She
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You come to me again when I lie dying.
The Garden of Survival
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As you lie dying, think of Lopez, whom you shot five years ago on the Putomayo River.
The Lost World
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Now that I lie dying many sayings concerning you come into my mind that I had forgotten.
Finished
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The last thought of my brain as I lie dying will be that of sunshine upon an English meadow.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
Использование термина to be in extremis на английском
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He responded to being in extremis with all the equanimity of a drowning man.
The Guardian