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Ordeal
01
zkouška, utrpení
a difficult or painful experience, often one that lasts long and requires great effort and endurance to overcome
Příklady
The long wait at the hospital felt like an unbearable ordeal.
Dlouhé čekání v nemocnici připadalo jako nesnesitelná zkouška.
02
boží soud, ordálie
a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
