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state_of_affairs

state of affairs

English

Noun

state of affairs ‎(plural states of affairs)

(idiomatic) A specific situation; a set of circumstances.
His uncooperative attitude creates a difficult state of affairs for all of us.

Translations

specific situation

Bashkir: хәл ‎(xäl)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 事態 (zh), 事态 (zh) ‎(shìtài), 情況 (zh), 情况 (zh) ‎(qíngkuàng), 狀態 (zh), 状态 (zh) ‎(zhuàngtài)
Finnish: asiaintila (fi), asianlaita
French: état de choses (fr) m, situation (fr) f

German: Sachlage (de) f, Lage (de) f, Zustand (de) m
Japanese: 事態 (ja) ‎(じたい, jitai), 事体 ‎(じたい, jitai)
Russian: положе́ние дел n ‎(položénije del), состоя́ние дел n ‎(sostojánije del), положе́ние (ru) n ‎(položénije), состоя́ние (ru) n ‎(sostojánije)
Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh m
Turkish: gidişat (tr)
Vietnamese: tình hình (vi)

References

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