Usage examples of "painful" in English with translation to French

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Bee stings can be very painful. Les piqures d'abeilles peuvent être très douloureuses.

Any task may become painful. N'importe quelle tâche peut devenir pénible.

It was the most painful thing in my life. Ce fut la chose la plus douloureuse de ma vie.

Going back to South Africa had stirred up some painful memories for him. Mon retour en Afrique du Sud a fait remonter à la surface des souvenirs pénibles.

Night cramps in the calf muscles are particularly painful. Les crampes nocturnes aux mollets sont particulièrement douloureuses.

My body is painful, my head hurts, I have been affected in different ways. Mon corps est douloureux, ma tête me fait mal, j'ai été éprouvé de diverses manières.

Truth is pure, but truth is painful. No sane, selfish person would ever accept things for what they are. Such is the masochism inherent in "truth". La vérité est pure, mais elle est douloureuse. Aucune personne égoïste saine d'esprit n'accepterais jamais les choses telles qu'elles sont. Ainsi va le masochisme inhérent à la «vérité».

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