often used word (#816)
Translation
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1.illness, sickness, disease, ailment, malady
illness
Also: sickness, disease, ailment, malady
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A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
Usage Info
Examples
- Его боле́знь не дала́ ему возмо́жности продо́лжить обуче́ние. His sickness made it impossible for him to continue his study.
- Весь дом слёг от боле́зни. The whole house was ill in bed.
- Де́вочка пошла́ в шко́лу, несмотря на боле́знь. The girl went to school in spite of her illness.
- Из-за внеза́пной боле́зни он отмени́л пое́здку за грани́цу. He gave up traveling abroad because of his sudden illness.
- Она отсу́тствовала в шко́ле по боле́зни. She was absent from school because of sickness.
- Со́бственная боле́знь разби́ла все его наде́жды. His illness dashed all his hopes.
- Я очень беспоко́юсь из-за её боле́зни. I'm very concerned about her illness.
- Я не смогу́ прийти́ на вечери́нку в свя́зи с боле́знью. I couldn't attend the party on account of illness.
- Речь идёт о зара́зной боле́зни. We're talking about a contagious disease.
- Все мы тру́димся против имеющегося у нас лекарства - лекарства от всех боле́зней - сме́рти. We all labour against our own cure; for death is the cure of all disease.
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Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | боле́знь | боле́зни |
| gen. genitive | боле́зни | боле́зней |
| dat. dative | боле́зни | боле́зням |
| acc. accusative | боле́знь | боле́зни |
| inst. instrumental | боле́знью | боле́знями |
| prep. prepositional | боле́зни | боле́знях |
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