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 | angoissant {adj} | agonizing [situation, decision] |  |
 | d'urgence {adj} | emergency [attr.] [measures, procedure, meeting, situation, number] |  |
 | désespéré {adj} [situation] | dire [desperate] |  |
 | difficile {adj} [problème, situation] | tricky [problem, situation] |  |
 | insupportable {adj} [situation] | intolerable |  |
 | malencontreux {adj} | unhappy [situation] |  |
 | mouvant {adj} [qui évolue] | changing [e.g. situation, opinion] |  |
 | particulier {adj} [inhabituel] [cas, situation, etc.] | unusual [case, situation etc.] |  |
 | stationnaire {adj} [situation, production] | stable |  |
 | terrible {adj} [nouvelle, situation, erreur] | dreadful [news, situation, mistake] |  |
 | transitoire {adj} [situation] | transient [always moving] |  |
Verbs |
 | affronter qn./qc. [adversaire, mort, situation] | to face sb./sth. |  |
 | apparaître [habitude, situation] | to develop [habit, situation: come into being] |  |
 | Unverified arbitrer qc. [situation, conflit] | to arbitrate in sth. |  |
 | Unverified arbitrer qc. [situation, conflit] | to mediate in sth. |  |
 | dégénérer [se dégrader] | to aggravate [situation, condition] |  |
 | déminer qc. [conflit, situation] [fig.] | to defuse sth. [fig.] |  |
 | dénouer qc. [p. ex. situation, crise] | to ease sth. [situation] |  |
 | exposer qc. [situation] | to explain sth. |  |
 | gérer qc. [fig.] [situation, information, problème, crise] | to handle sth. [manage] |  |
 | obscurcir qc. [situation, dessein] | to blur sth. |  |
 | pourrir [situation] [fig.] | to deteriorate |  |
 | rattraper qc. [situation] | to save sth. |  |
 | pol. renverser qc. [ordre, situation, rôles] | to reverse sth. |  |
 | s'accentuer | to heat up [conflict, situation] |  |
 | s'aggraver [situation] | to intensify |  |
 | s'arranger [s'améliorer] [temps, situation] | to improve [weather, situation] |  |
 | s'arranger [s'améliorer] [temps, situation] | to get better [weather, situation] |  |
 | s'envenimer [situation] | to turn ugly |  |
 | s'obscurcir [situation] | to become confused |  |
Nouns |
 | pétrin {m} [fam.] | 16 mess [coll.] [difficult situation] |  |
 | aperçu {m} [de politique, situation] | outline |  |
 | assainissement {m} [de situation] [fig.] | improvement |  |
 | Unverified blocage {m} [de situation, négociations] | deadlock |  |
 | gestion {f} [de situation, crise, d'information] | handling [e.g. of a crisis] |  |
 | guêpier {m} [situation difficile] | tight corner |  |
 | imbroglio {m} [situation compliquée] | imbroglio |  |
 | impasse {f} [situation sans issue] | deadlock |  |
 | mansplaining {m} [désigne une situation dans laquelle un homme explique à une femme quelque chose qu'elle sait déjà, sur un ton paternaliste ou condescendant] | mansplaining |  |
 | noirceur {f} [de situation] | bleakness |  |
 | particularité {f} [de maladie, régime politique, situation] | particular nature |  |
 | pétrin {m} [fam.] | fix [coll.] [difficult situation] |  |
 | poudrière {f} [fig.] | powder keg [situation] |  |
 | pourrissement {m} [de situation, conflit] | deterioration [situation, conflict] |  |
 | revirement {m} [de situation, politique, d'opinion] | turnaround |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | être bloqué [situation] | to be deadlocked |  |
 | profiter de qc. [privilège, occasion, situation] | to take advantage of sth. |  |
 | profiter de qc. [privilège, occasion, situation] | to make the most of sth. |  |
 | remédier à qc. [déficit, situation] | to remedy sth. |  |
 | répondre à qc. [situation, frustrations] | to deal with sth. |  |
 | se dégeler [relations, situation] | to thaw |  |
 | se détendre [situation] | to ease |  |
 | se gâter [situation] | to take a turn for the worse |  |
 | tirer qn. d'embarras [situation délicate] | to get sb. out of a difficult situation |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | dégradation {f} de qc. [conditions, situation, contacts] | deterioration in sth. |  |
 | méconnaissance {f} [sous-estimation] de qc. | misreading of sth. [situation] |  |
 | retournement {m} (de qc.) [situation] | reversal (of sth.) |  |
 | retournement {m} (de qc.) [situation] | turnround (in sth.) |  |
3 Words: Verbs |
 | se dépatouiller de qc. [situation, affaire] | to pull oneself out of sth. |  |
 | se préoccuper de qc. [problème, situation] | to be concerned about sth. |  |
 | se retourner contre qn. [situation] | to backfire on sb. |  |
 | se tirer de qc. [situation, difficultés] | to come through sth. [situation, difficulties] |  |
 | sortir de l'ornière [d'une situation difficile] [fig.] | to get out of a difficult situation |  |
 | sortir de l'ornière [d'une situation difficile] [fig.] | to get out of a tricky situation [coll.] |  |
4 Words: Others |
 | de mal en pis {adv} | worse and worse [e.g. a situation getting worse and worse] |  |
 | de pire en pire {adv} | worse and worse {adv} [e.g. a situation getting worse and worse] |  |
 | de pis en pis {adv} | worse and worse [e.g. a situation getting worse and worse] |  |
4 Words: Verbs |
 | être à l'avantage de qn. [situation, transaction] | to be to sb.'s advantage |  |
 | ramener qc. sur les rails [fig.] | to rectify sth. [situation] |  |
5+ Words: Verbs |
 | être dans de sales draps [fig.] [fam.] | to be in a right mess [coll.] [idiom] [awkward situation] |  |
 | être logé à la même enseigne [loc.] | to be in the same boat [idiom] [be in the same situation] |  |
 | se mettre dans de sales draps [loc.] [fam.] | to get into a right mess [coll.] [idiom] [awkward situation] |  |