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trial
/trayi-yəl/
 
n-ct.
 
1.
Def.: kalised; peg-eleg-eleg
MS: kalised; peg-eleg-eleg
something that is very difficult, which tests you.
Losing my job was a real trial.
Dakel ne kalised te pegkatarin te trabahu ku.
 
n-ct.
 
2.
Def.: Minsan hentew ne nakasalè, eggendiyè sikandan te kurti eyew egkanengnengan ke nakasalè naa wey ke warè
If people say that someone committed a crime, they go to a court for a trial, where people decide if the person is innocent or guilty.
All of the newspapers had stories about the trial of the robbers.
 
vt.
 
3.
Def.: eggeraman eyew egkatahaan [egkataha͡an] ke mamenu ne eggimu ka minsan nekey
If you trial something, you use it so that you can see how it works.
The company is trialling a new TB drug. If the results are good, the drug will be used in hospitals from next year.
 
n-ct.
 
4.
Def.: peggeram
MS: peggeram
an action of using something to test how it works.
The motorbike company ran trials to test the safety of it's vehicles.
 
n-pl.
 
5.
Def.: peggeram eyew te pegbehey te puhawang ke nekey ka egpakaluyud.
In sport, trials are the games which happen before the main competition, to decide who can join.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0626-0650
Status: ready

Last updated: 03/Oct/2012