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| crisis(noun, trouble, pass, point) | |
| problem(noun, trouble, burden, challenge) | |
| puzzle(noun, trouble, change, challenge) | |
| mystery(noun, trouble, challenge, question) | |
| dilemma(noun, trouble, change, pain) | |
| knot(noun, trouble, join, point) | |
| paradox(noun, trouble, pain, challenge) | |
| perplexity(noun, trouble, change, pain) | |
| cross(burden, suffering) | |
| emergency(noun, trouble, change, pass) | |
| exigency(noun, trouble, change, pass) | |
| pons asinorum(expression, idiom) | |
| question(noun, challenge, idea, matter) | |
| strait(noun, trouble, change, pass) | |
| critical point(noun, expression, trouble, twist) | |
| hitch(noun, trouble, pain, struggle) | |
| poser(question, secret, puzzle, obscurity) | |
| predicament(noun, trouble, change, pass, join) | |
| puzzler(question, problem, puzzle, mystery) | |
| quandary(noun, trouble, change, pass, join) |
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