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2020.3.24
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Regardless of 'Brexit' Vote, Experts Say, E.U. Must Rethink Status Quo

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Tribulations for the euro, a debt standoff with Greece and a flawed approach to migration all inflamed the angry nationalism spreading across the Continent and Britain.

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Any assessment of Mr Obama needs to acknowledge that when he was elected he inherited the in-box from hell: a financial collapse, a prostrated economy, two wars. Now he faces the opposition from hell: a reckless, populist Republican Party whose moderate voices have been silenced by ideologues and which has made throwing him out of office its foremost priority. For these tribulations he deserves a degree of sympathy. But Americans want their presidents to be winners, not victims. If he expects another term, Mr Obama is going to have to raise his game—especially if the Republicans find that candidate.

mislay	(verb) Place (something) where one cannot find it again.
Synonyms:	misplace, lose
Usage:	I seem to have mislaid my wallet; can you put this on my tab?

tribulation 

Pronunciation: /ˌtrɪbjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

NOUN

(usually tribulations)

1A cause of great trouble or suffering:the tribulations of being a megastar

More example sentences

1.1[MASS NOUN] A state of great trouble or suffering:his time of tribulation was just beginning

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Origin

Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin tribulatio(n-), from Latin tribulare'press, oppress', from tribulum 'threshing board (constructed of sharp points)', based onterere 'rub'.

tribulation

• [trìbjuléiʃən]

[名]((形式))

1 [U][C]（迫害・圧迫による）苦しい試練, 苦難, 辛苦

in great tribulation
ひどく苦しんで.

2 （個々の）難事, 災難（のもと）, 悩みごと

bear ［endure］ tribulations
苦難に耐える.

afflict

verb [T]
If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it:
It is an illness which afflicts women more than men.
a country afflicted by civil war

affliction
noun [C or U] FORMAL
something that makes you suffer:
Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor.

SYNONYMS burden, affliction, cross, trial, tribulation. 

These nouns denote something onerous or troublesome: the burden of a guilty conscience; indebtedness that is an affliction; a temper that is her cross; a troublemaker who is a trial to the teacher; suffered many tribulations in rising from poverty. 

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