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to plague
01
harceler, tracasser, tourmenter
to continually cause someone or something difficulty, pain, or worry
Transitive: to plague sb/sth
Exemples
Technical issues can plague the functionality of software applications.
Les problèmes techniques peuvent handicaper la fonctionnalité des applications logicielles.
She was plagued by persistent financial troubles that affected her daily life.
Elle était hantée par des problèmes financiers persistants qui affectaient sa vie quotidienne.
02
harceler, tourmenter
to continuously annoy, trouble, or harass someone
Transitive: to plague sb
Exemples
The constant phone calls from telemarketers plagued him.
Les appels téléphoniques constants des télémarketeurs le harcelaient.
The children ’s endless questions about the trip plagued their parents.
Les questions sans fin des enfants sur le voyage harcelaient leurs parents.
Plague
01
peste
a dangerous disease spread by rats that causes fever and swellings, often kills if infected
Exemples
The plague, also known as the Black Death, is a deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
La peste, également connue sous le nom de peste noire, est une maladie infectieuse mortelle causée par la bactérie Yersinia pestis.
Symptoms of the plague include fever, chills, headache, and painful, swollen lymph nodes ( buboes ).
Les symptômes de la peste comprennent la fièvre, les frissons, les maux de tête et des ganglions lymphatiques douloureux et enflés (bubons).
02
invasion, nuée
a large swarm of insects, especially locusts, that destroy crops or vegetation
Exemples
Farmers fought to save their fields from a plague of locusts.
The crops were wiped out by a plague of grasshoppers.
03
something that causes persistent irritation, distress, or trouble
Exemples
The constant noise was a plague to the residents.
Traffic congestion has become a modern plague.
04
a widespread and catastrophic disaster, often regarded as a punishment or curse from God
Exemples
The story tells of ten plagues unleashed upon Egypt.
Drought and famine struck the land like a plague.
