| 1 | The result will be great social distress. | |
| 2 | They were reduced to the sorest straits by the failure of the rice crop. | |
| 3 | Though the company is facing a hard situation, I believe that it will gradually ease. | |
| 4 | More failure and diffcults due to the short and lack of a gratitude heart. | |
| 5 | He has been in financial straits, but he has never complained of his fate. |