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Refer Situation Frightening Nightmare Unpleasant Years Prison N

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If you refer to a situation as a n________, you mean that it is very frightening and unpleasant .If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you mean that it is very frightening and unpleasant .
The years in prison were a nightmare.
word nightmare
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A nightmare is a very frightening dream.
All the victims still suffered nightmares.
Jane did not eat cheese because it gives her nightmares.
If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you mean that it is very frightening and unpleasant .
The years in prison were a nightmare.
If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you are saying in a very emphatic way that it is irritating because it causes you a lot of trouble .
Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare.
In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.
inflections nightmares
cefr-level B2

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