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evils

/ˈiːvɪlz/ sustantivo B2
  1. Synonym of evil eye (“dirty look”). (slang) · Don't go giving me evils!
  2. Synonym of evil eye (“cursed gaze”). (slang) · I saw her trying to give me evils!
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When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 2 · B2
Whatever evils may befall you, they will not be occasioned by my instrumentality, that I solemnly promise you.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 291 · C1
Resignation to inevitable evils is the duty of us all: the peculiar duty of a young man who has been so fortunate as I have been, in early preferment; and, I trust, I am resigned.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 133 · B2
We accordingly went--and there I readily engaged in the office of pointing out to my friend the certain evils of such a choice.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 230 · B2

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