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Ailing

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈeɪ.lɪŋ

Definitions

An ailment.

Equivalents

9 more languages
العربيةالمرض
Catalàmalalt
Esperantomalsana
Bahasa Indonesiageringmerana
Nederlandsziek
Portuguêsdoenteenfermo

Examples

“When you're well enough off so's you don't have⟳ to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin⟳ to get⟳ queer, I suppose⟳. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place⟳ like⟳ the Right Livers' Rest⟳ was bound to draw⟳ freaks, same as molasses draws flies.”

CEFR level

C2
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