4
mess(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, anxiety)
4
occasion(noun, action, act, event, cause)
4
slump(noun, drop, decline, failure, slide)
4
stress(noun, trouble, fix, worry, pass)
4
tragedy(performance, play, disaster, production)
4
trouble(noun, worry, difficulty, anxiety, limit)
3
fix(noun, state, trouble, pass, difficulty)
3
rub
3
accident(noun, action, act, cause, thing)
3
acme(noun, end, top, limit, extreme)
3
calamity(noun, action, act, thing, experience)
3
change(noun, trouble, anxiety, twist, confusion)
3
clutch(noun, fix, pass, difficulty, mess)
3
critical moment
3
crossroad(noun, fix, pass, difficulty, distress)
3
culmination(noun, end, top, fight, twist)
3
embarrassment(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, anxiety)
3
hour(noun, the present time)
3
imbroglio(noun, trouble, fix, worry, difficulty)
3
moment of truth(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, fight)
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