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troubled English

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troubled

If somebody is troubled, they are worried or concerned about something. He first became troubled when he realized that sales had dropped by 50%. If somebody or something is troubled, it has many problems. We need a strong leader to carry us through these troubled times. They set up an art workshop for poor and troubled kids in New York City's South Bronx.

troubled

characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need troubled areas fell into a troubled sleep a troubled expression troubled teenagers (= disruptive, riotous, tumultuous, turbulent) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive riotous times these troubled areas the tumultuous years of his administration a turbulent and unruly childhood

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Simple sentences

Are you trying to fish in troubled waters?
I felt very troubled by the news.
Tom is troubled.
Tom could tell Mary was troubled.
Tom has a troubled past.
Mary has a troubled past.
Mary was troubled by Tom's erratic behavior.
Tom was troubled.
The pale face troubled me a little.
Tom was troubled by what happened.
Tom is troubled by what happened.
Mary said that she was troubled.
I am sorry that I have troubled you so much.
She troubled herself to take me to the house I was looking for.
Fred was very troubled by his wife's nagging.
One morning, when Victor woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a big mess of spaghetti.
You look troubled.
Times are troubled now.
Troubled children often lack any sense of guilt.
I'm troubled.

Movie subtitles

It's the only way to get through all these troubled times.
Do not be troubled that your beloved is far away..the mosquitoes are a terrible nuisance.
Painful awakening. Troubled sleep.
I give you my word that you will never be troubled with Hyde again.
My pool is sometimes troubled.
Then I've troubled you for nothing.
Then I'm terribly sorry to have troubled you for nothing.
It has troubled me more deeply than it could anyone else.
Your eyes are troubled.
He is always troubled when his master is away.
I'm so sorry to have troubled you.
Oh, no thank you, Frith, and I'd prefer that Mr. De Winter weren't troubled with them either.
Oh, no. I can see to it that Maxim is not troubled any further.
Particularly in these troubled times.
You seem troubled, my son. Yet, you are a good Christian.
Then I'm sorry I troubled you.
I regret that you've been troubled. I'll send you a check for your fee.
I must admit he hasn't troubled me or my flocks so far.
I'm troubled, deeply.
And it is not my mind that is troubled.
I phoned you because I'm troubled.
Please be kind enough to tell the manager this suitcase is of no interest to me. and I'm sorry to have troubled him.
Have you seen troubled waters?
I don't imagine your very much troubled with tobacco borrowers hey Simpson?
Those were troubled times.
Not so sick, my lord, as she is troubled with thick coming fancies, that keep her from her rest.
Do not be troubled that your beloved is far away.
This dishonest man. Would be troubled by the disapproval of his own conscience.
I can frankly say that her glance. which troubled me deeply. was meant for the croupier, not the man.
Oh, no thank you, Frith, and I prefer that Mr. De Winter weren't troubled with them, either.
I can see to it that Maxim's not troubled any further.
Was Stella's Mother ever troubled at windward house?
Soothing the troubled waters.
He is perhaps a bit troubled in his business affairs.
I'm deeply troubled. Aren't you afraid of the life you're choosing?
My sleep was troubled with thoughts of you.

News and current affairs

IMF accounting frameworks, rather than providing useful signals to the market, provide distorted information that exacerbates a troubled country's problems.
There are many who would solve the problem by routing more and more cheap credit through public channels - bailout funds, eurobonds, or the ECB - from the eurozone's healthy core to the troubled South.
Something troubled me about this formulation, too.
Worse, some of the troubled countries' inflation rates are still running higher than those of their trading partners.
Moreover, in many cases, the value of the troubled entity's assets as a going concern is greater than it would be if the assets were sold separately.
Furthermore, the point was not to help private banks get rid of their troubled assets.
For a European who has been deeply troubled and saddened by America's evolution in the last decade, Obama, of all the declared presidential candidates, seems to come closest to incarnating such an America.
This is commonly attributed to the currency reputation as a safe haven during troubled times.
It also makes one wonder whether a creative genius like Fischer, deeply troubled yet supremely functional at the chessboard, would be able to exist in today's unforgiving online world.
The government succumbed and removed the chief minister and his cabinet, placing the troubled province under the care of the provincial governor.
Greece has yet to put on its sneakers, while other troubled countries, such as Ireland, race ahead with massive fiscal adjustments.
If troubled Lebanon, wracked by sectarian violence and religious divides, can champion coexistence and provide Syrian refugees with a chance to study, there is no reason other countries in the region should not follow its example.
In any case, Egypt is not the only country in this troubled region that is now embarking on the road of democracy.
What if the American dream of bringing democracy to that troubled country ends in its citizens electing a fundamentalist movement to power?
This is partly because of the never-ending negotiation process with Mercosur, the troubled - and still incomplete - Latin American customs union.
Markets noticed that the euro seemed caught between a rock (the EFSF's limited borrowing capacity) and a hard place (the European Central Bank's great reluctance to engage in large-scale purchases of financially troubled governments' bonds).
The real cost of the crisis is not measured by the profit and loss statement of any central bank - or by whether or not the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), run by the Treasury Department, made or lost money on its various activities.
At a time when Asia is in transition and troubled by growing security challenges, the US, India, and Japan are seeking to build a broader strategic understanding to advance their shared interests.
The indigenous people are an amalgam of echoes from all the great wars of empire that have troubled the recent American conscience.
With John Kerry's arrival as Secretary of State, the US ought to recognize that such a large Islamic country in a troubled neighborhood should show leadership on human-rights issues.
But who really knew much about this latest foray into a troubled region by the UN chief?
Her administration would mark a fresh departure from the country's troubled recent past.
In practice, as a small country in a troubled neighborhood - and with North Korea a constant source of tension - it lives in existential anxiety.
Now he takes over an even more troubled country with huge domestic and external challenges.
Before Burma's fate is sealed in a new-model dictatorship, the United Nations must immediately and vigorously embark on a fresh process designed to deliver national reconciliation and democracy to that troubled country.

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