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Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.
Tea Leoni

Meaning of "weak link" in the English dictionary

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEAK LINK

weak
weak force
weak interaction
weak nuclear force
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weak spot
weak verb
weak-kneed
weak-kneedly
weak-kneedness
weak-minded
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WORDS THAT END LIKE WEAK LINK

blink
cuff link
data link
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hot link
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on the blink
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Synonyms and antonyms of weak link in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «weak link» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

薄弱环节
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Translator English - Spanish

eslabón débil
570 millions of speakers

English

weak link
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कमजोर कड़ी
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Translator English - Arabic

الحلقة الضعيفة
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Translator English - Russian

слабое звено
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Translator English - Portuguese

elo mais fraco
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Translator English - Bengali

দুর্বল সংযোগ
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Translator English - French

maillon faible
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Translator English - Malay

Pautan lemah
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Translator English - German

schwach
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Translator English - Japanese

弱いつながり
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Translator English - Korean

약한 고리
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Translator English - Javanese

Lemah pranala
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vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên kết yếu
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Translator English - Tamil

பலவீனமான இணைப்பு
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Translator English - Marathi

कमकुवत दुवा
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Translator English - Turkish

zayıf bağlantı
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Translator English - Italian

anello debole
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Translator English - Polish

słabe ogniwo
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Translator English - Ukrainian

слабка ланка
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Translator English - Romanian

verigă slabă
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Translator English - Greek

αδύναμος κρίκος
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af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swak skakel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svaga länken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svake leddet
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about weak link

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2 QUOTES WITH «WEAK LINK»

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Tea Leoni
Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.
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Reggie Lewis
If I'm the weak link or whatever, I guess that means I've got something to prove. I've always had something to prove.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEAK LINK»

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Weak Link: The Feminization of the American Military
An infantry officer and an intelligence officer with the U.S. Army offers hisopinions regarding women in military service.
Brian P. Mitchell, 1989
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Description of a Superconducting Transmission Line Having a ...
The third and fourth graphical representations are for the specific form of the Sine -Gordon equation relating to the coupling between superconductors in a weak- link Josephson junction. These are the figures we saw in section 3.2.1 for the time ...
Norman E. Anderson, 2007
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A Weak Link in the Chain: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the ...
A WEAK LINK IN THE CHAIN: THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AND THE TRUMAN- MACARTHUR CONTROVERSY DURING THE KOREAN WAR John Sager. B.S. Thesis Prepared for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF ...
John Sager, 2008
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Democracy and War: The End of an Illusion?
Interestingly, although Oneal and Russett (1997) popularized the use of the weak -link specification for systematic analyses of the DPP. their empirical analyses do not directly test weak-link processes. That is, the weak-link thesis implies that ...
Errol Anthony Henderson, 2002
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Superconductivity of Metals and Cuprates
In a strong link, such as a bulk superconducting wire, the link is left with a phase gradient in it: it will be left carrying a current, and does not return to its original state. But a weak link is one which does return reversibly to the same state. It might ...
J.R Waldram, 1996
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Holistic Management Handbook: Healthy Land, Healthy Profits
The Financial Weak Link guideline has profound implications for deciding the fundamental question of planning: “How do I maximize the income I can generate ?” In training sessions the weak link guideline is sometimes introduced like this: ...
Jody Butterfield, Sam Bingham, Allan Savory, 2006
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50 CFR Wildlife and Fisheries: CFR-Parts-228-to-599
The bitter end of the line must be free of any knots when the weak link breaks. Splices are not considered to be knots for the purposes of this provision. (B) Net panel weak links. The weak link requirements apply to all variations in panel size.
Office of The Federal Register, 2013
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Quantum Implications: Essays in Honour of David Bohm
However, from the viewpoint of weak link rings, this electrical-circuit model really only parameterises the limitations in the performance of the SQUID magnetometer electronic system. The normal dissipation occurs in the finite Q- tank circuit and ...
Basil Hiley, F. David Peat, 2012
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Aerotowing Gliders: A Guide to Towing Gliders, with an ...
Guy Westgate Swift Aerobatic Display Team A weak link must be fitted to the tug end of the rope so that if it snags on landing it will not subsequently pull the tug into the ground or rip its tail off! Some organizations have another weaker weak ...
John Marriott, 2011
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Foundations of Soft Case-Based Reasoning
5.5.3.2 Weak-Link Detection To tackle the problem of nonuniformly distributed cases, it is necessary first, as noted earlier, to identify the weak links in each competence group. Definitions of weak link and several other concepts that are related ...
Sankar K. Pal, Simon C. K. Shiu, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEAK LINK»

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Find the Weak Link in Your Supply Chain
A big challenge in today's world of far-flung, complex supply chains is the limited understanding of the impact on your operations of unexpected disruption at one ... «blogs.hbr.org, Jun 15»
2
People Are Still the Weak Link in the Password System [Infographic]
According to data from Telesign, the weak link in the password system is still people. In the last year, two out of five people have had a password stolen, ... «SocialTimes, Jun 15»
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'Pretty Little Liars': Watch Emily's Evolution From 'Weak Link' To Bad …
“By far, Emily was the weakest link in the beginning,” Kind says in the clip. “'A' even identified her as the weakest link. But then she had to kill a man, Nate. «MTV.com, Jun 15»
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Could Your Supply Chain Be Your Weak Link In Risk Management?
Security is only as strong as its weakest link. Despite organizations' best efforts to secure intellectual property and other sensitive information, limited progress ... «Manufacturing Business Technology, Apr 15»
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Sony reminds us all what a pathetically weak link email is
Sony is reliving the nightmare that its hacked databases gave rise to late last year, now that Wikileaks has thoughtfully published all of the leaked documents in a ... «Computerworld, Apr 15»
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Hire Smart: How to Tell a Startup Superstar From a Weak Link
Building your startup dream team is a unique task. Every employee plays a huge role in the early days of a new business, so it's incredibly important to hire the ... «Entrepreneur, Apr 15»
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The Weak Link: Winning State Elections
But because of one glaring weak link, conservative majorities block good policies and enact bad ones. Progressive investments at the state level are stymied by ... «BillMoyers.com, Apr 15»
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Human error was 'weak link' in White House cyberattack
Russia's alleged cyberattack on the White House exploited the weakest link in America's online defences: people. Leading cybersecurity experts have once ... «Wired.co.uk, Apr 15»
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The weak link in Apple Pay's strong chain is bank verification. Who's …
The weak link in Apple Pay's strong chain is bank verification. Who's to blame? Fraud on Apple Pay is identity-theft based, so banks and Apple Pay must work ... «Ars Technica, Mar 15»
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Germany: Another Weak Link?
Germany's policy of de-escalation in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and its efforts to limit NATO's military presence on the eastern flank, combined with the ... «National Review Online, Feb 15»

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