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be ill with
adjective
Evil; wicked (of people).
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"If they were here, they would be in the thick of the demonstrations, and I'd be ill with worry," she said.
People who were found to be ill with contagious diseases were sent to the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, a sprawling complex of 22 buildings on two nearby islands.
In January 2013 he was appointed as Congress vice-president, in effect second-in-command to his mother, who is thought to be ill with cancer.
Under the new procedures, officials said, immigration and customs agents identifying arriving passengers who appear to be ill with any SARS symptoms, including high fever or breathing trouble, will be authorized to detain them and summon health inspectors.
"Everyone has flu-like symptoms or fatigue at some point," says Jason. "But if you basically look OK, it's hard for other people to relate to the fact that you might be ill with something that is – in their experience – temporary.
In a meeting with Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, Ms. Robinson made a special plea on grounds of compassion for the release of a prominent democracy advocate, Xu Wenli, who was sentenced in 1998 to 13 years in prison and is said to be ill with hepatitis.
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Mr. Gades had been ill with cancer for several years.
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