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| reverse of fortune(idiom, back, return, slow) | |
| bad luck(noun, idiom, break, ruin) | |
| stumbling block(noun, idiom, delay, difficulty) | |
| black eye(noun, idiom) | |
| bad news(charge, ruin, blow, cross) | |
| adverse fate(noun, defeat, blow, distress) | |
| bad break(blow, cross, failure, hardship) | |
| bolt from the blue(noun, idiom, upset, blow) | |
| bottom line(charge, figure, value, rate) | |
| cooling-off period(noun, check, delay, stay) | |
| drawing board(noun, delay, hindrance, disappointment) | |
| hard luck(ruin, blow, cross, hardship) | |
| holding pattern(noun, check, delay, stay) | |
| hot water(noun, trouble, ruin, defeat) | |
| ill luck(ruin, catastrophe, hardship, misfortune) | |
| lack of success(noun, idiom, defeat, blow) | |
| putting off(noun, check, delay, stay) | |
| rear ender(smash, crash, hazard, unexpected) | |
| reversal of fortune(noun, idiom, delay, hindrance) | |
| road block(difficulty, weakness, problem, obstacle) |
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