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положение дел stresses
gen.	juncture; circumstances; circumstance; lie of the land (Anglophile); lay of the land (Notburga); circs; conjuncture; development; lay-out; status (на данный момент Damirules); thing; the position of affairs; the state of things; the state of affairs; state of operations (4uzhoj); point (A.Rezvov); position of affairs (Such is the position of affairs. – Таково положение дел. ART Vancouver); state of the art (в науке и технике); state of affairs
amer.	contour
busin.	situation
cinema	posture
econ.	state of business
energ.ind.	layout; state of matters
idiom.	the time of day (the state of the case : the true situation: he's been here long enough to know the time of day merriam-webster.com)
lat.	status quo (Maria Klavdieva)
Makarov.	the lie of matters; the lie of matters; the state of things; the time of day
media.	juncture of events (bigmaxus)
slang	scoop (plushkina); scene; ballpark (BrE, informal: situation, state of affairs: "It was a new ballpark for me," Hunter said. collinsdictionary.com dzenkor)
UN	landscape (Alexey Lebedev)
положение дела
gen.	the rights of the case; instance; instancy
современное положение дел
gen.	state of the art (в науке и технике)

Положение дел: 252 phrases in 35 subjects

Accounting	2
Advertising	7
American usage, not spelling	1
British usage, not spelling	1
Business	7
Business style	1
Caspian	1
Contextual meaning	1
Criminal law	1
Diplomacy	7
Drug-related slang	1
Economy	6
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	1
European Union	1
Explanatory translation	1
Figurative	1
Finances	2
Foreign policy	4
General	130
Humorous / Jocular	1
Idiomatic	7
Informal	5
Law	4
Makarov	24
Mass media	2
Mathematics	1
Military	10
Name of organization	2
Patents	3
Politics	3
Rhetoric	2
Scientific	2
Slang	8
Technology	1
United Nations	1