Usage examples of "ill" in English with translation to German

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I can ill afford it Ich kann es mir kaum leisten

A pill for every ill. Eine Pille für jede Krankheit.

I was ill at ease Ich fühlte mich beunruhigt

She was ill with heart disease. Sie war herzkrank.

She could not come because she was ill. Sie konnte wegen ihrer Krankheit nicht kommen.

It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Nichts ist so schlimm, dass es nicht für irgend etwas gut wäre.

Look how they all speak ill of me behind my back because I married a woman thirty years younger than me. Schau wie alle hinter meinem Rücken über mich herziehen, weil ich eine Frau geheiratet habe, die dreißig Jahre jünger als ich ist.

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