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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
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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.
The ordeal of losing her job was followed by months of uncertainty and struggle.
L'épreuve de perdre son emploi a été suivie par des mois d'incertitude et de lutte.
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
