ˈpɑːləs ˈpɑɹləs ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.ləs ˈʃeɪki

ʌnˈsteɪbəɫ affording no ease or reassurance a precarious truce fraught with danger a parlous journey on stormy seas a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat the precarious life of an undersea diver dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery not secure; beset with difficulties a shaky marriage