hot-seat

  • 41Project Hot Seat — is a campaign started by Greenpeace. Its goal is to apply intense pressure on members of The United States Congress in order to implement policies that will curb and cut our greenhouse gas emissions. Some of Project Hot Seats aims include… …

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  • 42in the hot seat — adverb Under pressure to perform; under scrutiny; at the center of attention. They really put me in the hot seat during that last job interview. They asked lots of tough questions and videotaped the whole thing …

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  • 43in the hot seat —    If someone s in the hot seat, they are the target for a lot of unwelcome criticism and examination.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 44the hot seat — informal 1》 the position of a person who carries full responsibility for something. → hot seat …

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  • 45(the) hot seat — the hot seat UK US noun informal a difficult position in which you are responsible for decisions and problems that may make many people angry Thesaurus: difficult situations and experiencessynonym …

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  • 46hot-seat rappel —    A method of rappelling in a cave with the rope running under one leg, up across the opposite shoulder and controlled with a hand. The friction of the rope on the body creates a lot of heat, hence its name [13] …

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  • 47Hot Wheels — Lema ¡Beat That!, ¡Velocidad a Tope!, ¡Velocidad a Golpe!, ¡Marca el camino! ¡Gáname! si puedes... Fundación 1968 Sede Corporación Mattel Pr …

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  • 48seat — seat1 W1S2 [si:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(place to sit)¦ 2¦(official position)¦ 3¦(part of a chair)¦ 4 baby/child/car seat 5 seat of government/power 6 seat of learning 7¦(clothes)¦ 8 take a back seat (to somebody/something) 9 on the edge of your seat …

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  • 49hot — hot1 W2S1 [hɔt US ha:t] adj comparative hotter superlative hottest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(high temperature)¦ 2¦(spicy)¦ 3¦(very popular/fashionable)¦ 4¦(good)¦ 5¦(sexy)¦ 6¦(difficult/dangerous)¦ 7 a hot issue/topic etc …

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  • 50seat — Position of membership on a securities or commodity exchange, bought and sold at market prices. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * seat seat [siːt] noun [countable] 1. a position as a member of a government or a group that makes official… …

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