Unit 69: Difficulties and dilemmas

Question 1

pitfall

Answer 1

an unexpected difficulty

Question 2

ordeal

Answer 2

severe experience, which is very difficult, painful or tiring

Question 3

abstruse

Answer 3

difficult to understand

Question 4

convoluted

a book with a convoluted plot

Answer 4

unreasonably long and hard to follow

Question 5

gruelling

Answer 5

extremely tiring and difficult

Question 6

wayward|headstrong

(n) waywardness

Answer 6

changeable, selfish and/or hard to control

Question 7

What a pain!|What a drag!

Answer 7

what a nuisance

Question 8

What’s eating you?|What’s got into you?|What’s bugging you?|What’s (up) with him

Answer 8

What’s the matter with him?

Question 9

hassle

Answer 9

situation causing trouble or difficulty

Question 10

hassling

Answer 10

asking again and again

Question 11

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

Answer 11

work hard

Question 12

in a fix|in a spot|in a hole|up against it|up to your neck

Answer 12

in a difficult situation

Question 13

in a sticky/tricky situation

Answer 13

difficult

Question 14

off the hook|in the clear|out of the wood(s)

Answer 14

freed from a difficult situation

Question 15

downside

Answer 15

the disadvantage of a situation