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mischance(blow, collapse, cross, failure)
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misadventure(noun, ruin, blow, distress)
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disappointment(noun, state, feeling, blow)
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burden(noun, blow, difficulty, distress)
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hard knocks(noun, expression, idiom, worry)
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sorrow(noun, blow, difficulty, distress)
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blow(noun, hurt, ruin, defeat)
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destitution(noun, worry, difficulty, depression)
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failure(noun, ruin, defeat, blow)
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worry(noun, blow, distress, cross)
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accident(noun, evil, blow, cross)
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peril(noun, difficulty, lack, torment)
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anguish(noun, blow, difficulty, distress)
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bane(noun, hurt, ruin, blow)
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bummer(noun, difficulty, distress, pain)
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cataclysm(noun, ruin, blow, distress)
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downer(noun, difficulty, distress, shock)
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pain(noun, blow, difficulty, distress)
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poverty(noun, difficulty, depression, want)
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rigor(noun, blow, difficulty, distress)
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