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rigorousness(difficulty, laboriousness, strenuousness)
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rigour
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scrape(noun, trouble, difficulty, confusion, pain)
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severity
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shame(noun, difficulty, confusion, mess, embarrassment)
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snag(noun, trouble, difficulty, confusion, pain)
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stew(noun, upset, trouble, bother, difficulty)
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strain(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
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strait(noun, trouble, difficulty, confusion, pain)
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strenuousness(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
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struggle(noun, trouble, disorder, difficulty, confusion)
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stumbling block(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, pain)
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subnormality
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tangle(noun, trouble, disorder, difficulty, confusion)
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timidity(noun, difficulty, confusion, shame, mess)
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trial(bother, disturbance, hindrance, untimeliness, troublesomeness)
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tribulation(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
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troublesomeness(noun, bother, disturbance, hindrance, risk)
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uncertainty(difficulty, anxiety, nervousness, restlessness)
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uncivility(noun, inelegance)
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