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bottleneck(noun, predicament, crisis)
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extremity(noun, trouble, change, mess)
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hardship(noun, trouble, pass, pain)
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hot water(noun, expression, trouble, confusion)
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juncture(noun, state, trouble, change, pass)
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pickle(noun, trouble, change, fix, worry)
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poverty(noun, confusion, shame, mess)
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quandary(noun, trouble, change, fix, worry)
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rub
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squeeze(noun, informal, disaster, danger)
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box(noun, pass, mess, embarrassment)
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clutch(noun, fix, pass, uncertainty)
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crux(noun, trouble, change, pass)
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doubt(noun, fix, question, uncertainty)
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pretty pass(expression, idiom)
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tight spot(noun, expression, pass, mess)
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bewilderment(noun, fix, question, uncertainty)
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complication(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety)
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fix(noun, state, trouble, confusion)
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hardness(noun, toughness)
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