GERMAN · C1WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

plagen

torment; trouble; afflict

Seit dem Streit plagen ihn Schuldgefühle, obwohl er weiß, dass nicht jede Enttäuschung seiner Schwester in seiner Verantwortung liegt.

Since the argument, he has been plagued by guilt, although he knows that he is not responsible for every disappointment his sister feels.

struggle; toil

Sie plagte sich mit dem schweren Koffer, bis ein Mitreisender anbot, ihn gemeinsam mit ihr die enge Treppe hinaufzutragen.

She struggled with the heavy suitcase until a fellow traveller offered to help her carry it up the narrow stairs.

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