Conundrum - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

A critical or vital point; a crucial or difficult question.

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The big cruncher—have you got anything to contribute to skating?

noun

Someone whose job involves working with numbers and doing calculations

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The city's number crunchers estimated that the high-street retailer grew by only 0.5% in the last q…

noun

The state or condition of being difficult.

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Guy had no difficulty in making friends

noun

The fact of not being easy, or of being hard to do or understand

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[ u ] he has some difficulty hearing people when they speak softly., [ c usually pl ] in 1986 he ex…

noun

A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.

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He wants to make money, but he also disapproves of it: den's dilemma in a nutshell

State of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options

noun

A situation in which a choice has to be made between possibilities that will all have results you do not want

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The dilemma was over how to protect a charming little island and at the same time allow economic de…

noun

A person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand.

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Madeleine was still an enigma to him

noun

Someone or something that is mysterious and impossible to understand

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He is an enigma to most people., an enigmatic smile

noun

A blow to the face.

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I wish i'd landed him a facer!

noun

Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain.

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The mysteries of outer space

noun

A handicraft or trade, especially when referred to in indentures.

noun

Something strange or unknown which has not yet been explained or understood

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[ c ] despite years of study, sleepwalking remains a mystery., [ u ] the details of the scandal are…

noun

A person who poses; a poseur.

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‘canned hunts’ are for phonies and posers and dandy boys.

noun

A difficult or perplexing question or problem.

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She throws the question back with the poser, ‘why not?’

noun

A problem or question that is difficult to solve or answer

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Who was the last woman to win three olympic gold medals? that's quite a poser.

noun

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

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They have financial problems

adjective

Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.

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Practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens

noun

Something that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with

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Financing the camp’s athletic program is a problem., he has a serious health problem., i’m having p…

verb

Cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand something.

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She was puzzled by the doctor's manner

noun

A game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.

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Those who solve this puzzle in the shortest time are eligible for awards

noun

Something that is difficult to understand

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Their son is a puzzle to them., the police are trying to solve the puzzle of who sent them the lett…

noun

A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.

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Kate was in a quandary

noun

A state of not being able to decide what to do about a situation in which you are involved

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I’ve had two job offers, and i’m in a real quandary about/over which one to accept.

noun

A puzzling question.

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This one's a stumper