conditions, facts etc connected with an event or person

situation, condition

a strong and uncontrollable desire

drive, obligation

an uncertain event (especially one causing problems)

chance happening; possibility

a turning point in an illness, life, history

critical situation

the possibility of suffering injury or loss of life

hazard, troublesome situation

the state or quality of being difficult; something hard to do or understand

problem; situation requiring great effort

(a) large or sudden misfortune (e.g. a flood or fire, an earthquake, a serious defeat in war, the loss of a large sum of money)

accident, trouble

to share expenses

predicament

(in the event of) a serious and dangerous happening or situation needing quick action

crisis, danger

a state of affairs, especially in the phrase: at this juncture = at this time

turning point

an absence of or need for (something)

deficiency, need

the state, condition (e.g. a law of nature, a (serious) need, a social rule etc) that makes a certain result unavoidable; something that one cannot be, live etc without

need, essentiality

a condition, fact, of feeling that something necessary is absent; things considered to be necessary; misfortune, bad circumstance

want, requirement

a happening; event

happening, development

an unpleasant situation from which escape seems difficult

difficult situation

deficiency, need

deficiency, need

a narrow passage of water connecting two seas; trouble; difficulty

crisis, difficulty

the importance of, need for, haste or quick action

imperativeness