Usages of terrible
J'ai eu un problème terrible hier.
I had a terrible problem yesterday.
L'examen a été terrible pour eux.
The exam was terrible for them.
S'ils l'avaient condamné, la peine aurait été terrible.
If they had convicted him, the sentence would have been terrible.
Ce châtiment est terrible, qu'il périsse !
This punishment is terrible, let him perish!
Elle m'a dit que ce souvenir était terrible.
She told me that this memory was terrible.
L'attente est toujours terrible, mais les acheteurs veulent patienter.
The wait is always terrible, but the buyers want to wait.
Tout sophistiqué qu'il est, ce téléphone a une esthétique terrible.
However sophisticated it is, this phone has a terrible aesthetic.
La canicule est terrible, à tel point de faire fuir les gens.
The heatwave is terrible, to such a point of making people flee.
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