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16:46 Jun 19, 2020 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Robert Carter Mexico Local time: 20:36 | ||||||
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are not overwhelmed Explanation: Courts and prisons could be overwhelmed by 'huge spike' in criminals caught in Boris Johnson's law and order crackdown https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/11/05/courts-priso... “Even before the coronavirus outbreak, the government’s pledge to increase police officer numbers could have resulted in courts and prisons being overwhelmed by an increase in cases. https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/news/latest/corona... o‧ver‧whelm /ˌəʊvəˈwelm $ ˌoʊvər-/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 2 TOO MUCH if work or a problem overwhelms someone, it is too much or too difficult to deal with be overwhelmed by something We were overwhelmed by the number of applications. be overwhelmed with something They would be overwhelmed with paperwork. |
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