Noun

(en noun)

Harm, hurt, damage.

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(UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

Noun

(en-noun)

A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.

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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

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A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.

A puzzling circumstance.

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