Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - trouble
Trouble
trouble
n. & v. --n. 1 difficulty or distress; vexation, affliction (am having trouble with my car). 2 a inconvenience; unpleasant exertion; bother (went to a lot of trouble). b a cause of this (the child was no trouble). 3 a cause of annoyance or concern (the trouble with you is that you can't say no). 4 a faulty condition or operation (kidney trouble; engine trouble). 5 a fighting, disturbance (crowd trouble; don't want any trouble). b (in pl.) political or social unrest, public disturbances. 6 disagreement, strife (is having trouble at home). --v. 1 tr. cause distress or anxiety to; disturb (were much troubled by their debts). 2 intr. be disturbed or worried (don't trouble about it). 3 tr. afflict; cause pain etc. to (am troubled with arthritis). 4 tr. & intr. (often refl.) subject or be subjected to inconvenience or unpleasant exertion (sorry to trouble you; don't trouble yourself; don't trouble to explain). Phrases and idioms ask (or look) for trouble colloq. invite trouble or difficulty by one's actions, behaviour, etc.; behave rashly or indiscreetly. be no trouble cause no inconvenience etc. go to the trouble (or some trouble etc.) exert oneself to do something. in trouble 1 involved in a matter likely to bring censure or punishment. 2 colloq. pregnant while unmarried. take trouble (or the trouble) exert oneself to do something. trouble and strife rhymingsl. wife. trouble spot a place where difficulties regularly occur. Derivatives troubler n. Etymology: ME f. OF truble (n.), trubler, turbler (v.) ult. f. L turbidus TURBID
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I. verb (~d; troubling) see: turbulent Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to agitate mentally or spiritually ; worry, disturb, b. mistreat, oppress, to produce physical disorder in ; afflict , to put to exertion or inconvenience , to put into confused motion , intransitive verb to become mentally agitated ; worry , to make an effort ; be at pains , ~r noun II. noun Date: 13th century the quality or state of being ~d especially mentally, public unrest or disturbance , an instance of ~ , a state or condition of distress, annoyance, or difficulty , a condition of physical distress or ill health ; ailment , a condition of mechanical malfunction , a condition of doing something badly or only with great difficulty , pregnancy out of wedlock , an effort made ; pains , 6. a cause of distress, annoyance, or inconvenience , a negative feature ; drawback , the unhappy or sad fact ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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