Ep 90: For U.S., Puerto Rico Bigger Tragedy than Greece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L42f_3gUNsk 0:37 mr jackson was in dire straits. 心配停止状態のマイケル・ジャクソンは三途の川を渡っていた。
Michael Jackson - What happened on the 25 JUNE 2009 - Famous Crime Scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0aoifNziKQ 0:39 in London, Nicholas Winton had been following the events and knew that refugees fleeing the Nazis were in dire straits. ニコラス・ウィントン氏はナチスの手を逃れた難民たちが難儀を強いられていることを把握していた。
60 Minutes: Sir Nicholas Winton "Saving the Children"
参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2015/06/blog-post_46.html 困難な状況にあるを英語でなんと言うか?
http://bridge-english.blogspot.com/2023/01/in-straitjacket.html in a straitjacket 行動を制限される
練習問題解答
a-2137 in dire straits
a-3616 in such dire straits
a-5063 in dire straits
a-7992 in dire straits
b-1925 the dire straits that russia's economy is in
b-4261 in dire dire dire straits