in embarrassed circumstances
embarrassed, encumbered, in the red, indebted, involved, tied up ,
breeding - alpha decay, animal husbandry, animal rearing, apprenticeship, atom-chipping, atom-smashing, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, basic training, bee culture, bee-keeping, beta decay, bombardment, breaking,
renascent - reappearing, reborn, renewed, reproductive, restorative, revived ,
sporting chance - best bet, blind bargain, chance at odds, favourable prospect, gambling chance, good chance, good opportunity, good possibility, likelihood, main chance, matter of chance, odds-on, odds-on chance, possibility, pot-shot,
ramified - Byzantine, balled up, branching, cleft, cloven, complex, complicated, confounded, confused, crabbed, devious, divided, elaborate, foliated, forked,
welkin - atmosphere, cerulean, firmament ,
rectal - abdominal, anal, caecal, cardiac, colic, colonic, coronary, duodenal, gastric, intestinal, pyloric, visceral ,
hang-up - afterthought, bind, block, blockade, bottleneck, catch, complex, compulsion, cordon, curtain, delay, detention, deterrent, difficulty, double take,
matinee idol - Thespian, actor, actress, antagonist, bad guy, barnstormer, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, cosset, darling, dramatizer, favourite,
rap session - airing, analysis, buzz session, canvassing, colloquium, colloquy, conference, consideration, debate, debating, deliberation, dialectic, dialogue, discussion, examination,
pollster - asker, catechist, cross-interrogator, cross-questioner, detective, examiner, inquirer, inquisitor, interlocutor, interrogator, interviewer, opinion-sampler, poller, prober, querier,
renascent - reappearing, reborn, renewed, reproductive, restorative, revived ,
sporting chance - best bet, blind bargain, chance at odds, favourable prospect, gambling chance, good chance, good opportunity, good possibility, likelihood, main chance, matter of chance, odds-on, odds-on chance, possibility, pot-shot,
ramified - Byzantine, balled up, branching, cleft, cloven, complex, complicated, confounded, confused, crabbed, devious, divided, elaborate, foliated, forked,
welkin - atmosphere, cerulean, firmament ,
rectal - abdominal, anal, caecal, cardiac, colic, colonic, coronary, duodenal, gastric, intestinal, pyloric, visceral ,
hang-up - afterthought, bind, block, blockade, bottleneck, catch, complex, compulsion, cordon, curtain, delay, detention, deterrent, difficulty, double take,
matinee idol - Thespian, actor, actress, antagonist, bad guy, barnstormer, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, cosset, darling, dramatizer, favourite,
rap session - airing, analysis, buzz session, canvassing, colloquium, colloquy, conference, consideration, debate, debating, deliberation, dialectic, dialogue, discussion, examination,
pollster - asker, catechist, cross-interrogator, cross-questioner, detective, examiner, inquirer, inquisitor, interlocutor, interrogator, interviewer, opinion-sampler, poller, prober, querier,