agony

Qual, Pein

Sehr starke körperliche Schmerzen oder tiefes seelisches Leiden.

In einfachem Englisch: Very strong physical pain or deep emotional suffering.

• My back was in agony.
• Waiting for news was sheer agony.
• She cried out in agony when she moved her leg.

So benutzt man es: in agony (He lay on the floor in agony.); agony of something (She described the agony of losing her child.)

Synonyme: anguish, torment

Häufige Wendungen: in agony, agony of something, sheer agony

Todeskampf

Das letzte Leiden und Ringen unmittelbar vor dem Tod.

In einfachem Englisch: The final suffering and struggle before death.

• His final agony was brief.
• The family gathered during her last agony.
• The poem describes a soldier in his death agony.

Synonyme: death throes

Häufige Wendungen: final agony, death agony, last agony