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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
Climbing the mountain was an ordeal that tested their physical and mental limits.
Výstup na horu byl zkouška, která prověřila jejich fyzické a duševní limity.
The ordeal of losing her job was followed by months of uncertainty and struggle.
Utrapení ztráty zaměstnání následovaly měsíce nejistoty a boje.
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
