| distress(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) | |
| dolt | |
| dud(noun, defeat, blow, failure, mistake) | |
| embargo(noun, check, curb, limit, restraint) | |
| embarrass | |
| embolism | |
| emergency(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) | |
| enclosure(noun, shelter, border, hedge, boundary) | |
| entrapment(noun, hindrance) | |
| except | |
| excess baggage(noun, expression, difficulty, arrest, obstruction) | |
| exigency(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) | |
| failing(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar) | |
| fault(noun, trouble, disorder, difficulty, weakness) | |
| fetters(noun, check, curb, limit, restraint) | |
| fix(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) | |
| fly in the ointment(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, difficulty) | |
| foot dragging(noun, expression, difficulty, arrest, obstruction) | |
| forbid | |
| frustrate |
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