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1. (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	difficulty,
definition	:	a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result (noun.cognition)

domain region	:	britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland,
definition	:	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location)