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Ordeal
01
Prüfung, Qual
a difficult or painful experience, often one that lasts long and requires great effort and endurance to overcome
Beispiele
Climbing the mountain was an ordeal that tested their physical and mental limits.
Das Besteigen des Berges war eine Qual, die ihre physischen und mentalen Grenzen testete.
The ordeal of losing her job was followed by months of uncertainty and struggle.
Die Qual, ihren Job zu verlieren, wurde von Monaten der Unsicherheit und des Kampfes gefolgt.
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Gottesurteil, Ordal
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
