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boredom(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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bother(noun, verb, upset, trouble, disturb)
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bow out(verb, expression, stop, drop, abandon)
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break
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buckle under(verb, expression, stop, drop, abandon)
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bug(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
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burden(noun, trouble, ruin, distress, depression)
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capitulate(verb, stop, drop, abandon, yield)
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care(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain)
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catatonia(noun, distress, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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cave in(verb, expression, stop, drop, yield)
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cease(verb, stop, drop, abandon, yield)
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chafe(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
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chagrin(noun, distress, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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chicken out(verb, expression, stop, drop, abandon)
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cold feet(noun, expression, distress, anxiety, alarm)
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cold sweat(noun, expression, idiom, distress, anxiety)
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collapse(verb, stop, drop, abandon, yield)
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commotion(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
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comply(verb, stop, drop, abandon, yield)
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