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annoyance(noun, trouble, blow, distress, care)
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arduousness(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
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care(noun, trouble, blow, distress, burden)
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clutch(noun, difficulty, situation, hardship, misfortune)
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complexity(noun, difficulty, complication, intricacy, complicatedness)
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complication(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
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cross(blow, difficulty, burden, collapse, failure)
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defeat(noun, trouble, ruin, blow, distress)
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desolation(noun, ruin, collapse, failure, depression)
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dole(noun, trouble, blow, distress, shock)
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dolor(noun, distress, shock, pain, struggle)
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drag(noun, trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
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evil(noun, hurt, damage, blow, harm)
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extremity(noun, limit, edge, boundary, ultimate)
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haplessness(noun, luck)
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hard life(expression, idiom)
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hard times(noun, expression, difficulty, situation, hardship)
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hardness(noun, difficulty, toughness)
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ill(disaster, calamity, upheaval)
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infliction(noun, hurt, damage, harm, disaster)
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