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hard luck(expression, idiom, blow, cross)
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peril(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment)
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scourge(difficulty, burden, collapse, woe)
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anguish(trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
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bane(trouble, hurt, ruin, blow)
3
bummer(trouble, difficulty, distress, pain)
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cataclysm(trouble, ruin, blow, distress)
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difficulties
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downer(trouble, difficulty, distress, shock)
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ill luck(expression, idiom, ruin, catastrophe)
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onerousness(difficulty, laboriousness, strenuousness)
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pain(trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
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poverty(trouble, difficulty, depression, want)
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rigor(trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
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setback(trouble, ruin, defeat, blow)
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wretchedness(trouble, blow, distress, care)
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vicissitude(trouble, blow, difficulty, distress)
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aggravation(calamity, blight, visitation)
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annoyance(trouble, blow, distress, care)
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arduousness(trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
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