Social life

Synonyms for trouble

Two senses of trouble live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb and noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsSocial life

take the trouble to do something

He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

bother

Same sentence, swapped: He did not bother to call his mother on her birthday.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for trouble as it is used in the sentence above.

distract
beat
throw

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineActions

an effort that is inconvenient

He won without any trouble.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

difficulty

Same sentence, swapped: He won without any difficulty.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for trouble as it is used in the sentence above.

pull
exercise
workout

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Closest first: other social life words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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