nightmare

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: A frightening or very unpleasant dream.

• I had a nightmare.
• The child woke up screaming after a nightmare.
• Do you often have nightmares about falling?

Nasıl kullanılır: a nightmare about something (I had a nightmare about a house fire.)

Eş anlamlılar: bad dream

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: have a nightmare, recurring nightmare, terrible nightmare

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: A situation or experience that is extremely difficult, upsetting, or frightening.

• The journey was a nightmare.
• Finding parking here can be a nightmare.
• The missing documents turned the sale into a nightmare.

Nasıl kullanılır: a nightmare to do something (This machine is a nightmare to repair.)

Eş anlamlılar: ordeal, disaster

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: absolute nightmare, logistical nightmare, be a nightmare