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onus(noun, business, trouble, work, charge)
11
albatross(noun, trouble, charge, concern, strain)
11
load(noun, business, trouble, work, charge)
10
encumbrance(noun, trouble, disorder, concern, strain)
9
duty(noun, business, trouble, work, concern)
8
impediment(noun, disorder, weakness, burden)
7
charge(noun, business, trouble, work, worry)
7
responsibility(noun, business, trouble, work, charge)
7
task(noun, trouble, work, charge, concern)
5
drag(noun, disorder, weakness, burden)
5
handicap(noun, disorder, weakness, burden)
5
tax(noun, business, trouble, work, charge)
4
affliction(noun, trouble, concern, strain)
4
hindrance(noun, trouble, disorder, concern, strain)
4
strain(noun, business, trouble, work, charge)
4
trouble(noun, business, work, charge, worry)
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worry(noun, trouble, concern, strain)
3
anxiety(noun, trouble, worry, concern, strain)
3
deadweight(noun, business, trouble, work, charge)
2
accountability(noun, trouble, concern, strain)
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