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quicksand(noun, swamp, mud, bog, marsh)
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involvement(noun, difficulty, situation, predicament, dilemma)
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muddle(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
5
fix(noun, trouble, easy, difficulty, difficult)
5
hot water(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, fix)
5
jam(noun, fix, easy, difficulty, difficult)
5
moss(noun, swamp, mud, bog, marsh)
4
box(noun, fix, easy, difficult, informal)
4
crisis(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
4
difficulty(noun, trouble, fix, easy, difficult)
4
hobble
4
hole(noun, fix, easy, difficulty, difficult)
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imbroglio(noun, difficulty, mess, situation, hardship)
4
moor(noun, waste, wild, void, barren)
4
pass(noun, difficulty, mess, situation, hardship)
4
pinch(noun, difficulty, informal, mess, situation)
3
bind(noun, easy, difficulty, difficult, informal)
3
bottoms(noun, marsh)
3
clutch(noun, difficulty, mess, hardship, jam)
3
entanglement(noun, trouble, difficulty, mess, situation)
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