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Ordeal
01
prova, calvário
a difficult or painful experience, often one that lasts long and requires great effort and endurance to overcome
Exemplos
Climbing the mountain was an ordeal that tested their physical and mental limits.
Escalar a montanha foi um suplício que testou seus limites físicos e mentais.
The ordeal of losing her job was followed by months of uncertainty and struggle.
O martírio de perder o emprego foi seguido por meses de incerteza e luta.
02
ordália, juízo de Deus
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
