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Ordeal
01
grande tormento
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.
Scalare la montagna è stata una prova che ha messo alla prova i loro limiti fisici e mentali.
The ordeal of losing her job was followed by months of uncertainty and struggle.
L'odissea di perdere il lavoro è stata seguita da mesi di incertezza e lotta.
02
ordalia, giudizio di Dio
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
