Both Uses of
ailment
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- It bled and hurt, but my other ailments were already causing me so much trouble that I let this one slide, which was stupid of me, because now I'm walking around with an infected toe.†
Chpt 43-08 *
- Mrs. van D. thinks I'm stupid because I don't suffer so much from this ailment as she does, she thinks I'm pushy because she's even pushier, she thinks my dresses are too short because hers are even shorter, and she thinks I'm such a know-it-all because she talks twice as much as I do about topics she knows nothing about.†
Chpt 44-06
Definition:
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(ailment) an illness