bane

1. (countable)A cause of misery or ruin.

   the bane of one’s existence

   Ruin, Verderben

   бичbič, ги́бельgíbelʹ, напа́стьnapástʹ

   напастьnapastʹ, прокляттяprokljattja, загибельzahybelʹ

   something causing misery or death

2. (poetic, uncountable)Misery, woe; also, doom, ruin; or physical injury, harm.

3. (UK, dialectal, uncountable)A disease of sheep in which breakdown of tissue occurs; rot.

4. (archaic, countable)Chiefly in the names of poisonous plants or substances: a poison.

5. (countable, obsolete)A person or thing that causes death or destruction; a killer, a murderer, a slayer.

6. (obsolete, uncountable)Death; destruction; (countable) an instance of this.

1. Mosquitoes are the bane of my existence.

   ruКомары - проклятие моей жизни.

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2. Boredom is the bane of my existence.

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3. This cat is the bane of my life.

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4. Auto-correct is the bane of my existence.

   ruАвтоисправление – мой бич.

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5. Unconscionable Love, bane and tormentor of mankind, parent of strife, fountain of tears, source of a thousand ills.

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