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    trou·ble
    [ˈtrəb(ə)l]
    noun
    trouble (noun) · troubles (plural noun) · the Troubles (plural noun)
    1. difficulty or problems:
      "I had trouble finding somewhere to park" · "friends should support each other when they are in trouble" · "the scheme ran into trouble" · "our troubles are just beginning"
      • the malfunction of something such as a machine or a part of the body:
        "their helicopter developed engine trouble"
      • effort or exertion made to do something, especially when inconvenient:
        "I wouldn't want to put you to any trouble" · "he's gone to a lot of trouble to help you"
      • a cause of worry or inconvenience:
        "the kid had been no trouble up to now"
      • a particular aspect or quality of something regarded as unsatisfactory or as a source of difficulty:
        "that's the trouble with capitalism"
      • a situation in which one is liable to incur punishment or blame:
        "he's been in trouble with the police"
      • informal
        dated
        used to refer to the condition of a pregnant unmarried woman:
        "a young woman who has gotten herself into trouble"
    2. public unrest or disorder:
      "the cops are preparing for trouble by bringing in tear gas"
      • (the Troubles)
        any of various periods of civil war or unrest in Ireland, especially in 1919–23 and (in Northern Ireland) between 1968 and 1998.
    verb
    trouble (verb) · troubles (third person present) · troubled (past tense) · troubled (past participle) · troubling (present participle)
    1. cause distress or anxiety to:
      "he was not troubled by doubts" · "it did not trouble me that he had secrets"
      • (trouble about/over/with)
        be distressed or anxious about:
        "she was too concerned with her own feelings to trouble about Clare's" · "there is nothing you need trouble about"
      • cause (someone) pain:
        "my legs started to trouble me"
      • cause (someone) inconvenience (typically used as a polite way of asking someone to do something):
        "sorry to trouble you" · "could I trouble you for a receipt?"
      • make the effort required to do something:
        "oh, don't trouble to answer"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French truble (noun), trubler (verb), based on Latin turbidus (see turbid).
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    noun
    1. difficulty or problems:
      in difficulty
      in difficulties
      having problems
      in a mess
      in a predicament
      in dire/desperate straits
      heading for disaster
      heading for the rocks
      with one's back against the wall
      in shtook
      in a tight corner/spot
      in a fix
      in a hole
      up the creek (without a paddle)
      in a jam
      in a pickle
      up against it
      up a gum tree
      in deep shit
      up shit creek
    2. public unrest or disorder:
      Opposite:
      verb
      1. cause distress or anxiety to:
       
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