| emergency(noun, state, action, trouble, act) |
| predicament(noun, state, action, trouble, act) |
| exigency(noun, state, action, trouble) |
| contingency(noun, state, action, change) |
| juncture(noun, state, action, act) |
| difficulty(noun, trouble, pass, catch) |
| turning point(noun, expression, idiom, state, end) |
| pass(noun, state, action, act) |
| head(noun, end, point, decide) |
| pinch(noun, state, trouble, worry) |
| extremity(noun, end, pass, top) |
| dilemma(noun, trouble, pass, difficulty) |
| plight(noun, state, pass, difficulty) |
| pressure(noun, trouble, worry, pass) |
| situation(noun, state, action, act, change) |
| quandary(noun, trouble, worry, pass) |
| urgency(noun, pass, difficulty, distress) |
| circumstance(noun, action, act, event) |
| impasse(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain) |
| necessity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress) |