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1. trouble; (несчастье) misfortune; (бедствие) disaster, calamity; у нас ~ we`re in trouble, we`ve had a misfortune; быть в ~е be* in trouble; накликать ~у court disaster; оставить, покинуть кого-л. в ~е leave* smb. in the lurch; быть ~е! there`s trouble ahead!; there`s trouble in the offing! 2. в знач. сказ. (плохо; горе, неприятность) : ~ ей с ним she has nothing but trouble with him, he gives her a lot of trouble; в том-то и ~! that`s just the trouble; ~ (не) в том, что the trouble is (not) that; вот ~! (неприятность) what a nuisance!; на ~у unluckily, as luck would have it; как на ~у to make matters worse; не ~! it doesn`t matter!; что за ~! what does it matter!; пришла ~ - отворяй ворота посл. misfortunes never come singly; it never rains but it pours; семь бед - один ответ as well be* hanged for a sheep as for a lamb; in for a penny, in for a pound