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pénible in English:

1. toilsome

English word "pénible"(toilsome) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Essays" (David Hume)
Fiches du livre - "Chinese Poems" (Various)
Fiches du livre - "The Boy Slaves" (Mayne Reid)
Fiches du livre - "Songs Unsung" (Lewis Morris)
Fiches du livre - "Zula" (H. Esselstyn Lindley)

2. distressful

English word "pénible"(distressful) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Pond" (Carl Ewald)
Fiches du livre - "Judge Elbridge" (Opie Read)
Fiches du livre - "Bolanyo" (Opie Percival Read)
Fiches du livre - "Ballads of Bravery" (Various)
Fiches du livre - "Cobb's Anatomy" (Irvin S. Cobb)

3. distressing

It’s distressing to see so many people in the world suffering.

Going through chemotherapy is always exhausting and distressing.

English word "pénible"(distressing) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Amateurs" (Alan Cogan)
Fiches du livre - "A Complete Edition of the Works...
Fiches du livre - "Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Ser...
Fiches du livre - "None so Deaf as Those Who Won't...
Fiches du livre - "John Leech's Pictures Of Life A...

4. burdensome

I appreciated her kindness, while I feel it burdensome.

a burdensome duty

English word "pénible"(burdensome) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Government Ownership of Railroa...
Fiches du livre - "San Xavier Del Bac, Arizona A D...
Fiches du livre - "An Ideal Kitchen Miss Parloa's ...
Fiches du livre - "Love--Marriage--Birth Control B...
Fiches du livre - "A Broader Mission for Liberal E...

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