trouble
/ˈt͡ʃɹʌbəl/ noun A2- A distressing or dangerous situation. · He was in trouble when the rain started.
- A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation. · The trouble was a leaking brake line.· The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.
- A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.
- The state of being troubled, disturbed, or distressed mentally; unease, disquiet.
- Objectionable feature of something or someone; problem, drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming. · Your trouble is that you quit too readily.· The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
- Violent or turbulent occurrence or event; unrest, disturbance. · the troubles in Northern Ireland
- Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required. · It’s no trouble for me to edit it.
- Difficulty in doing something. · She has trouble eating.
Plural troubles
From the library
Come, come,” continued he, patting Edmond’s shoulder kindly, “you did very right, Dantès, to follow Captain Leclere’s instructions, and touch at Elba, although if it were known that you had conveyed a packet to the marshal, and had conversed with the emperor, it might bring you into trouble.”
“How could that bring me into trouble, sir?” asked Dantès; “for I did not even know of what I was the bearer; and the emperor merely made such inquiries as he would of the first comer.
“Meaning to say,” replied Dantès, with a smile which but ill-concealed his trouble, “that if I were not a captain——”
“Save yourself the trouble,” said the Bull; “I knew that way long before you were born.”
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