"Making life a misery" nghĩa là gì?

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"Making one's life a misery" = biến đời thành bể khổ -> nghĩa là gây rối, gây khó khăn, áp lực, có ác ý với ai.

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Potholes, crumbling tarmac and sunken (lõm) drain covers are all making life a misery for people living on the estate that was built to house some of the first steelworkers in Corby in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.

Some people who are experiencing long COVID have been unable to work or walk 10 metres without needing to take a break. For many, COVID does not go away after two weeks, it lingers (nấn ná) making life a misery for those it refuses to leave.

Wildly differing agendas on a wet and wild night in Edinburgh. For the home side, coach Richard Cockerill must be sick of the sight of Irish provinces making his life a misery over the last two seasons.

“The repeated harassment (quấy rối) of this latest victim is making his life a misery,” said District Judge Hirst. “You are blighting (làm hỏng) and poisoning your own life by this kind of behaviour.

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