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misfortune(noun, trouble, shame, want)
4
bad luck(noun, expression, break, trouble)
3
calamity(noun, trouble, blow, burden)
2
adversity(noun, trouble, blow, burden)
2
bad break(expression, blow, cross, miserable)
2
catastrophe(noun, trouble, blow, burden)
2
distress(noun, trouble, want, situation)
2
hardship(noun, trouble, blow, burden)
2
rotten luck(noun, expression, trouble, blow)
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Herculean task(expression, trouble, lack, torment)
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accident(trouble, blow, cross, failure)
1
affliction(trouble, lack, torment, disaster)
1
bummer(noun, trouble, situation, suffering)
1
can of worms(noun, expression, idiom, trouble)
1
clutch(hardship, misfortune)
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contretemps(blow, cross, failure, disaster)
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crunch(noun, trouble, blow, burden)
1
danger(noun, trouble, worry, want)
1
destitution(noun, trouble, worry, want)
1
disaster(noun, trouble, worry, shame)
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