Definition: torture, torment
Le supplice est soi-disant illégal dans beaucoup de pays - Torture is supposedly illegal in many countries
Ce cours est un vrai supplice ! - This class is absolute torture!
Expressions: le dernier supplice - death, execution; éprouver le supplice de... - to be tormented by...; être au supplice - to be in agony/misery; mettre qqun au supplice - to torture someone; C'est un vrai supplice de Tantale - It's really frustrating
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Le supplice est soi-disant illégal dans beaucoup de pays - Torture is supposedly illegal in many countries
Ce cours est un vrai supplice ! - This class is absolute torture!
Expressions: le dernier supplice - death, execution; éprouver le supplice de... - to be tormented by...; être au supplice - to be in agony/misery; mettre qqun au supplice - to torture someone; C'est un vrai supplice de Tantale - It's really frustrating
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