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  • 131ill-treat — ill treats, ill treating, ill treated VERB If someone ill treats you, they treat you badly or cruelly. [V n] They thought Mr Smith had been ill treating his wife... [V n] They said they had not been ill treated but that their time in captivity… …

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  • 132ill wind — UK [ˌɪl ˈwɪnd] US noun [singular] something bad that happens and makes you think other bad things will happen The ill wind of financial crisis was sweeping across Asia. Thesaurus: signs of how things are or what may happen in the futuresynonym… …

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