straits in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for straits in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

I.strait [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt] N GEOG

III.strait [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt] ADJ archaic

strait-laced [Brit streɪtˈleɪst, Am ˌstreɪtˈleɪst] ADJ

Menai Strait [Brit ˈmɛnʌɪ, Am ˌmɛnaɪ ˈstreɪt]

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the Straits of Dover
in dire straits

Translations for straits in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

straits in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for straits in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for straits in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

straits Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be in desperate straits
to be in dire straits
to be in dire straits
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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It seems to me that they have to justify their chicken run by predicting dire straits for my country.
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The straits were formed in recent geologic periods.
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He soon received word that the new missions were in dire straits, with extremely low levels of provisions.
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Few of us are so hard-hearted that we would turn our backs on people in desperate straits.
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The coastlines are indented, and the islands themselves are divided from each other by straits generally called sounds or firths.
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An expensive but exciting alternative is to charter a seaplane to tour the lights in the straits.
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After the straits were freed, the lake receded and left behind a sand ridge at an elevation of about where the shore resided.
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The straits are shallow and narrow enough to freeze over in the winter.
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Artistically he felt drained and a failure, feelings that were reinforced by financial straits and physical weakness.
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The littoral states of straits used for international navigation do not have the right to suspend the innocent passage in such waterways.
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