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Значение идиомы ill at ease
[ill at ease] {adj. phr.} Not feeling at ease or comfortable;anxious; worried; unhappy.
Donald had never been to a big partybefore and he was ill at ease.
When Joe first went to dancingschool, he was ill at ease, not knowing how to act.
Contrast: ATEASE.





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