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Famine caused great distress among the people.
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
The family lived in the depths of misery.
その家族はきわめて困窮していた。
I didn't know how to express myself.
私は言葉に窮した。
Train compartments soon get cramped.
列車のコンパートメントはすぐ窮屈になる。
He will wriggle out of the fix.
窮地から足掻き出る。
The city supplied the needy with blankets.
市は困窮者に毛布を支給した。
He has been in deep water since he got fired from his job.
彼は仕事をくびになってから困窮している。
The president called on the people to unite in fighting poverty and disease.
大統領は国民に貧窮や病気との戦いで団結するように呼びかけた。
We thought their shop was a failure, but now they've gotten out from under and even expanded.
我々は彼らの店は失敗だと思っていたが、今や窮地を脱して、商売を拡張するまでになっている。
The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.
I wouldn't push him too far. You don't know what he might do. I'd say you can't be too careful. They say even a doomed mouse will bite a cat if he has no choice.