trouble
/ˈt͡ʃɹʌbəl/ sustantivo A2En español: lío, embrollo, candanga, brete
- 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
De la biblioteca
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can;—but I must be kind to them,” thought Alice, “or perhaps they won’t walk the way I want to go!
“As if it wasn’t trouble enough hatching the eggs,” said the Pigeon; “but I must be on the look-out for serpents night and day!
“Pray don’t trouble yourself to say it any longer than that,” said Alice.
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