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How to sign: a source of difficulty
"one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?";
Similiar / Same: problem
Categories: difficulty
Within this category: can of worms, deep water, growing pains, hydra, matter
How to sign: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill";
Similiar / Same: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, cark, disorder, distract
Categories: disturb, trouble, upset
Within this category: worry
How to sign: move deeply
"This book upset me"; "A troubling thought";
Similiar / Same: disturb, upset
Categories: affect, impress, move, strike
Within this category: agitate, distress, jolt, perturb
How to sign: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
"Sorry to trouble you, but...";
Similiar / Same: put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
Categories: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
How to sign: an effort that is inconvenient
"I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty";
Similiar / Same: difficulty
Categories: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail
Within this category: the devil, tsuris
How to sign: cause bodily suffering to
Similiar / Same: pain, ail, afflict
Categories: hurt
Within this category: disagree with, erupt
