"In a spot" nghĩa là gì?

Emily biết thay lốp xe nên không gặp khó khăn gì. Photo courtesy Tim Wang.

'In a spot' có nghĩa là ở trong một vị trí hay tình thế khó khăn, nan giải.

Ví dụ
Jim was in a spot (tình thế khó khăn). He accidentally (vô tình) set up two dates for the same evening. What an embarrassing position (hoàn cảnh khiến anh lúng túng)! Lucky (may mắn thay) for him, one of the women called to say she had a bad cold (bị cảm nặng) and couldn’t go out with him.

Emily got in a spot on the way to work. Her car got a flat tire (bẹp lốp xe). But since she knew how to change it, she wasn’t in a difficult situation for very long.

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