The adjective precarious means likely to change or become dangerous without warning or to not be safe.

Mr Col Sirichan said the army commander expressed his concern at a meeting with unit commanders, telling them the security situation would become precarious from the middle of the month.

The EU will send a force of up to 350 police to Haiti, where law and order is precarious following the devastating earthquake.

A precarious way of making the crossing between Burma and Thailand is by inflatable rubber rings.

We should be thinking about people who work for the failing football club because their jobs are in a precarious position.

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The noun juncture refers to a stage in a process or activity.

Mr Gen Anupong feels the country is edging closer to a critical juncture, sources said yesterday.

A crucial juncture has been reached over Iran's nuclear programme as the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany are to meet..

She said the government was working with a "sense of urgency" and that the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, "stands at a very important juncture".

It was that this juncture that a lecturer suggested I should apply to go to university.

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The adjective laden means to be carrying something heavy, or supporting the weight of something heavy, or having a lot of something.

Up to 40 trucks laden with Burmese rice have been caught passing a border crossing in just one night, the source said.

Treasurer Wayne Swan announced emergency relief funding for flood victims yesterday, while a commercial jet laden with food and other supplies left Sydney for the waterlogged region.

The blast was believed to have been sparked by a train laden with oil and chemicals that hit power lines.

Pirates failed to act on their threat to blow up a Ukrainian ship laden with weapons that has been held for nearly three weeks, a US military spokesman said.

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The verb edge means to move somewhere slowly, carefully, and with small movements, or to move a little at a time.

Mr Gen Anupong feels the country is edging closer to a significant turning point, deputy army spokeswoman Sirichan Ngathong said yesterday.

The conflict in Afghanistan is edging into a new phase, Nato commanders say.

US consumer confidence edged higher in November after a big drop in October, figures show.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says unemployment in its member countries has edged higher.

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The noun barracks refers to a group of buildings where members of the armed forces live and work.

Mr Police disposed of the bomb at the barracks of the Metropolitan Police Bureau.

Police searched his home at the army barracks in Kiakkai last Thursday and found many weapons.

Evy The military faces huge problems when flu or other viruses sweep through crowded barracks.

The ETA statement also claimed the car bomb attack on July 30 outside a police barracks on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.

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