I.
noun
1 problems
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad , big , deep , desperate ( esp. BrE ), dire , huge ( esp. AmE ), major , real , serious , terrible
▪
We're in deep ~ now!
▪ endless
▪ potential
▪ current , recent
▪ ongoing
▪ domestic , family , marital
▪ financial , money
▪
She got into serious financial ~ after running up large debts.
▪ legal , political
▪ back , hamstring ( sports ), heart , etc.
▪ boyfriend , girl , man , etc.
▪
He was obviously upset, and muttered something about girlfriend ~.
▪ car , engine
▪ foul ( AmE ) (in basketball)
▪
Most of the game we were in foul ~.
VERB + TROUBLE
▪ mean , spell
▪
She knew that a hygiene inspection could spell ~ for her restaurant.
▪ have , suffer from
▪
He has had back ~ since changing jobs.
▪ get (yourself) into , run into
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The company soon ran into financial ~.
▪ keep out of , stay out of
▪ cause , lead to
▪
The printer's causing ~ again.
▪ avoid
▪ forget , leave behind , put behind you
▪
They are hoping to leave their recent ~s behind.
▪
He put his past ~s behind him and built up a successful new career.
TROUBLE + VERB
▪ come
▪
Trouble often comes when you're least expecting it.
▪ begin , start
▪
Her ~s began last year when she lost her job.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
When she saw the teacher coming she knew she was in big ~.
▪ ~ for
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He got into ~ for not doing his homework.
▪ ~ with
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I've had endless ~ with my car.
▪
He is in ~ with the law again.
PHRASES
▪ a cause of ~ , a source of ~
▪ a history of … trouble
▪
She has a history of back ~.
▪ have ~ doing sth
▪
I've had ~ sleeping recently.
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He was having ~ breathing.
▪ in times of ~
▪
In times of ~ she always turns to her mother.
▪ teething ~s ( figurative , esp. BrE )
▪
After some teething ~s, the system is now up and running.
▪ ~ ahead
▪
I can see ~ ahead.
2 arguing/violence
ADJECTIVE
▪ crowd ( esp. BrE )
VERB + TROUBLE
▪ cause , make
▪
He had a reputation for making ~ in the classroom.
▪ start
▪
Just don't start any ~.
▪ be asking for , be looking for , court , stir up
▪
He was asking for ~ when he insulted their country.
▪
Fans wandered the town after the match looking for ~.
▪ want
▪
Look, we don't want any ~, so we'll leave.
TROUBLE + VERB
▪ be brewing
▪
There was ~ brewing among the workforce.
▪ begin , blow up ( BrE ), flare ( BrE ), start
▪
Trouble blew up when the gang was refused entry to a nightclub.
▪
We left before the ~ started.
TROUBLE + NOUN
▪ spot
▪
Extra journalists have been sent to the main ~ spots.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
▪
~ between the races
3 extra work
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , enormous ( esp. BrE ), great
▪
They went to enormous ~ to make her stay a pleasant one.
VERB + TROUBLE
▪ bring (sb) , cause (sb) , give sb , make , put sb to
▪
I don't want to make ~ for her.
▪
I don't want to put you to any ~.
▪ go to , take
▪
We took the ~ to plan our route in advance.
▪ be worth
▪
Do you think it's worth the ~ of booking seats in advance?
▪ save sb
▪
Why don't we bring a pizza to save you the ~ of cooking?
▪ thank sb for
▪
Thank you very much for all your ~.
PHRASES
▪ be more ~ than it's worth
▪
Growing your own vegetables is more ~ than it's worth.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ deeply , greatly
▪
This latest news ~d him deeply.
VERB + TROUBLE
▪ be sorry to , hate to
▪
I hate to ~ you, but could you move your car?
PHRASES
▪ be ~d with sth
▪
He has been ~d with a knee injury.
Trouble is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ conscience , ↑ injury
Trouble is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ conscience