為難

to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

disaster / distress / to scold

(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma

no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation