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Ordeal
01
épreuve, supplice, calvaire
a difficult or painful experience, often one that lasts long and requires great effort and endurance to overcome
informations grammaticales
statut d’animéité
abstrait
composition morphologique
simple
dénombrable
forme plurielle
ordeals
Exemples
Climbing the mountain was an ordeal that tested their physical and mental limits.
Gravir la montagne a été une épreuve qui a testé leurs limites physiques et mentales.
02
ordalie, jugement de Dieu
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
