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Setback

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Progress has been stopped by something

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A snag / hitch / glitch

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Fairly small difficulties ( glitch usually refers to a technical problem of some kind. The other two words are more general)

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Stumbling block

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Something that prevents action or agreement

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Pitfall

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An unexpected difficulty (often used in the plural)

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Obstacle

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Anything that stops progress, either literally or metaphorically

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Impediment

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Something that prevents free action, progress or movement

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Dilemma

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A situation where a difficult choice has to be made between two, sometimes unpleasant, alternatives

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Ordeal

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Severe experience, which is very difficult, painful or tiring

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Problematic

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Full of problems or difficulties

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Arduous

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Difficult, tiring, needing much effort

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Complex

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difficult to understand as it has many parts

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Convoluted

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Unreasonably long and hard to follow

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Gruelling

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Extremely tiring and difficult

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Insufferable

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Difficult to bear as it is annoying or uncomfortable

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Obstructive

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Causing deliberate difficulties

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Tough

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Difficult to deal with or do

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Traumatic

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Shocking and upsetting

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Wayward

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Changeable, selfish and/or hard to control

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What a pain / what a drag

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What a nuisance

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Chore

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Boring job that has to be done

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What’s eating him? / what’s got into him? / what’s bugging him? / what’s (up) with him?

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What’s the matter with him?

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Hassle

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Situation causing trouble or difficulty

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Torture

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Used figuratively to refer to an unpleasant experience

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To slog (your guts out) / to grind / to graft / to flog yourself to death

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To work hard

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In a fix / in a spot / in a hole / up against it / up to your neck

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In a difficult situation

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Sticky / tricky

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Difficult

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Off the hook / in the clear / out of the wood(s)

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Freed from a difficult situation

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Downside

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The disadvantage of a situation