be in a strait in English

be in trouble, be in distress, be in a dilemma, be in a jam

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1. Bosporus Strait synonyms, Bosporus Strait pronunciation, Bosporus Strait translation, English dictionary definition of Bosporus Strait

2. In Cook Strait there was a much greater displacement.

3. TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS

4. Algeciras definition, a seaport in S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Strait of Gibraltar

5. And we became a nation of strait-laced Puritans.

6. The nun took strait vows.

7. In order to secure the Skagerrak strait between Norway and Denmark, the air bases in Denmark had to be seized.

8. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.

9. Gennady Nevelskoy passed the strait from the north in 1848.

10. Charybdis was a sea monster in Greek mythology, which dwelt in the Strait of Messina

11. 2 Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.

12. Piracy is also very active in the Strait of Malacca.

13. 13 Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.

14. 5 The nun took strait vows.

15. In 1957, a 220 kV overhead power line was built across the Strait of Messina.

16. At Chalcis itself, where the strait is narrowest at only 40 m, it is called the Euripus Strait.

17. Charybdis definition, a whirlpool in the Strait of Messina off the NE coast of Sicily

18. Atlantis, a legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, lying west of the Strait of Gibraltar

19. Blak Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)

20. Article seven deals with cross-strait negotiation.

21. The strait Bisects Istanbul, a city of around 15 million people

22. Legally, “Aboriginal Australian” is recognized as “a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and …

23. My old aunts are very strait - laced.

24. We will transit the strait at night.

25. Piracy in the Strait of Malacca has been a cause of concern for all three countries.