Terms for subject American

Russian	English
безвыходное положение (связанное с наличием взаимоисключающих обстоятельств	catch-22 (idiom; An example includes:To apply for a job, you need to have a few years of experience; but in order to gain experience you need to get a job. Val_Ships)
жертва обстоятельств	victim of circumstances (often used in plural, as in "He was a victim of circumstances – from Merriam Webster Dictionary Val_Ships)
извечная жертва обстоятельств	lifelong victim of circumstances (Val_Ships)
исключительные обстоятельства	exigent circumstances (requiring to be dealt with immediately Val_Ships)
непредвиденное обстоятельство	curveball (slang: there's always a curveball on every mission Val_Ships)
неудачное стечение обстоятельств	be in the wrong place at the wrong time (I always get into trouble but it isn't my fault Val_Ships)
отгул по семейным обстоятельствам	compassionate leave (a ​period of ​time that a ​company ​allows you not to come to ​work because a ​member of ​your ​family has ​died or is ​ill Val_Ships)
при любых обстоятельствах	for better or worse (Val_Ships)
при любых обстоятельствах	come what may (He has to be detained, come what may. Val_Ships)
тупиковая ситуация (связанная с наличием взаимоисключающих обстоятельств	catch-22 (idiom; An example includes:To apply for a job, you need to have a few years of experience; but in order to gain experience you need to get a job. Val_Ships)
убийство без смягчающих вину обстоятельств	murder in the first degree
убийство без смягчающих вину обстоятельств	first degree murder
убийство со смягчающими вину обстоятельствами	second degree murder
убийство со смягчающими вину обстоятельствами	murder in the second degree