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If you say that someone is a sad c___ or a hopeless case, you mean that they are in a sad situation or a hopeless situation.If you say that someone is a sad case or a hopeless case, you mean that they are in a sad situation or a hopeless situation.
I knew I was going to make it–that I wasn't a hopeless case.
word case
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noun
A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
Surgical training takes at least nine years, or 11 in the case of obstetrics.
One of the effects of dyslexia, in my case at least, is that you pay tremendous attention to detail.
In extreme cases, insurance companies can prosecute for fraud.
The Honduran press published reports of eighteen cases of alleged baby snatching.
A case is a person or their particular problem that a doctor, social worker, or other professional is dealing with.
...the case of a 57-year-old man who had suffered a stroke.
Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet.
Child protection workers were meeting to discuss her case.
If you say that someone is a sad case or a hopeless case, you mean that they are in a sad situation or a hopeless situation.
I knew I was going to make it–that I wasn't a hopeless case.
A case is a crime or mystery that the police are investigating .
The couple were made official suspects in the case.
Mr. Hitchens said you have solved some very unusual cases.
The case for or against a plan or idea consists of the facts and reasons used to support it or oppose it.
He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal.
Both these facts strengthen the case against hanging.
She argued her case.
In law, a case is a trial or other legal inquiry .
It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.
The case was brought by his family, who say their reputation has been damaged.
inflections cases
cefr-level A2

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