abashment

distress

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Europe can provide this aid, and it must play its part in alleviating this terrible distress.

We have done too little to alleviate the pain and distress of these children and their families.

The unspeakable excesses of some people are often a sign of some distress which must also be put right.

We cannot forget nations that are in distress: our duty is to support them to the best of our ability.

fix

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Because we have known for a very long time that the market does n't fix it.

What it does fix, left to itself, is a great many things that can never be put right again.

We fix the guide price and then base compensation on the average market price.

There would seem to be scope for the admirable dictum: " if it ai n't broke, do n't fix it ".

scarcity

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At a time of budgetary scarcity, there is no room for tax evasion.

shortage

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In some cases, the fuel shortage has claimed human lives.

I want to assure you that we have no shortage of this energy.

We, for our part, attribute the shortage of jobs primarily to immigration.

He fears a shortage of tankers and would rather wait for internationally agreed measures.

These mechanisms date back to a time when there was still a shortage of most foodstuffs.

jam

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As you know, pensioners, like children, love eating jam.

If jam or cola were as harmful as tobacco, they would certainly be banned.

difficulty

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That is not our difficulty.

I have no difficulty with it.

That would overcome all the difficulty.

This is where the difficulty lies.

That has not been a great difficulty.

embarrassment

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Today there is growing embarrassment.

The government's various changes of attitude illustrate their embarrassment very well.

But out of embarrassment those who have been duped are not buying anything.

perplexity

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We wanted to express our perplexity as regards these points by abstaining in committee.

straits

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Fitness training and sport as a daily exercise and popular sport are in dire straits.

deep water

paucity

predicament