quandary
suomi-englanti sanakirjaquandary englannista suomeksi
pulma
Substantiivi
quandary englanniksi
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
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(quote-journal)
{{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-06|volume=408|issue=8843|page=68|magazine=The Economist
(quote-book)|chapter=A Literary Approach to the Bible|page=11–12|passage=The preservation of Judah's ignorance here is important, for the final turn of his painful moral education must be withheld for the quandary in which he will find himself later when he encounters Joseph as viceroy of Egypt without realizing his brother's identity.
{{quote-text|en|year=1995|author=Robert Frost|title=Collected Poems, Prose & Plays|page=475
{{quote-text|en|year=1995|author=Douglas N. Walton; Erik C. W. Krabbe|title=Commitment in Dialogue: Basic Concepts of Interpersonal Reasoning|page=54
{{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=Carol Ann Strip; Gretchen Hirsch|title=Helping Gifted Children Soar|page=208
{{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=Jennifer Traig|title=Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood|page=181