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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] | |
