Görev tamamen ızdıraptı.
 - The task was total agony.
Tom acı çekiyor gibi görünüyor.
 - Tom seems to be in agony.
Doktor gelinceye kadar acı içinde yattı.
 - He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.
Burning jealousy tormented him.
 - Brennende Eifersucht quälte ihn.
His shyness made public speaking a torment to him.
 - Seine Schüchternheit machte seine Reden zur Quälerei für ihn.
Well, that reminds me of the QUAL .
To be a theorist, you also had to pass a special theory section on the quals.