2015年4月14日 星期二

intolerable, to death

“I become so afraid when I hear warplanes,” Amjad, 12. As the violence intensifies in Yemen, children are paying an intolerable price.



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intolerable Line breaks: in|toler|able
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɒl(ə)rəb(ə)l/ 

Definition of intolerable in English:

adjective

Unable to be endured:the intolerable pressures of his work


to death
To an extreme or intolerable degree, as in I am tired to death of these fund-raising phone calls, or That movie just thrilled me to death. This hyperbolic phrase is used as an intensifier. Also see sick and tired; tired out. [c. 1300]

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