I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a chest pain
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There are a number of causes of chest pain.
a cry of pain/despair/delight etc
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A rock was loose and he fell with a sharp cry of surprise.
a pained expression (= one that shows you are in pain or feeling upset )
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A pained expression crossed Rory’s face when he saw them together.
a scream of pain/terror/agony
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My screams of terror awoke my parents.
aches and pains (= slight feelings of pain that are not considered to be serious )
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Apart from the usual aches and pains, she felt all right.
acute pain
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acute pain
be doubled up/over with laughter/pain etc
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Both the girls were doubled up with laughter.
bear the pain
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He knew that he couldn’t bear the pain much longer.
bring sb pleasure/joy/pain/grief etc
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The decision brought him great relief.
cause pain
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The infection can cause severe pain.
crazed with grief/pain/fear etc
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He was crazed with grief after the death of his mother.
dull...pain
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He drank some alcohol to dull the pain .
ease the pain/stress/tension
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He’ll give you something to ease the pain.
give/let out a yelp of pain/dismay/surprise etc
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The water was hotter than she had expected, and she gave an involuntary yelp.
go through the pain barrier
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Iona reached the final, but she had to go through the pain barrier to get there.
growing pains
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the growing pains of a new republic
intense pain
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She felt an intense pain in her right shoulder.
nagging pain
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Lee had a nagging pain in her back.
pain and suffering
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the pain and suffering caused by road accidents
pain barrier
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Iona reached the final, but she had to go through the pain barrier to get there.
pain...unbearable
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The pain was almost unbearable .
period pain
physical pain
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She bravely endured great physical pain.
relieve pain
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What’s the best way of relieving back pain?
sb’s pain threshold (= your ability or inability to deal with pain )
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‘Will it hurt?’ ‘That all depends on your pain threshold.’
scream in/with pain
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We could hear her screaming in pain.
severe pain
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He was in severe pain and unable to call for help.
shooting pains (= continuous short pains passing through your body )
stomach pains/cramps
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He complained of acute stomach pains.
writhe in pain/agony etc
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He lay writhing in pain.
yell (out) in surprise/pain etc
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Clare yelled in pain as she fell.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
abdominal
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There was a reduction in her stool frequency, an improvement in her abdominal pain , and a less productive cough.
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Some of them lost weight, but mainly because their abdominal pain was so intense they did not want to eat.
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During an ectopic pregnancy, the foetus damages or ruptures surrounding tissue as it grows, which causes abdominal pain .
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Doctors now routinely use super-sensitive blood and urine tests to screen women suffering from any lower abdominal pain .
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I had barely dropped off to sleep when I was suddenly awakened b sharp abdominal pains .
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There was abdominal pain without a doubt and that nagging temperature of 102.5° - that was damn like a wire.
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They were also asked if they had ever consulted a doctor about recurrent bowel symptoms or abdominal pain .
acute
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This was a drug that would ease the acute pain that crucifixion brought to the victim.
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Three fine calves had shown symptoms of acute gastric pain , I had treated them and they had died.
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One of the most promising areas to find answers is in the treatment of acute pain .
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They may suffer sickness, vomiting or acute pain , but they do not die.
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It is useful to distinguish acute from chronic pain .
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Chronic pain is continuous and unassociated with the physiological responses to acute pain such as sweating and tachycardia.
back
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Walking can improve your posture and may prevent lower back pain .
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One was written for a woman who said she suffered from insomnia and lower back pain .
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Read in studio Still to come on Central News, living with back pain .
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After the 1994 Olympics, Grinkov struggled with back pain , but the couple continued to skate as professionals.
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He is an engineer who came to study the spine because of his own back pains .
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Another side effect of flying in cramped quarters is back pain .
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Therefore they may believe that their back pain , for example, is physical rather than addictive in origin.
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And as Tavris has pointed out, chronic lower back pain can cause depression and irritability.
chronic
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They paint a dismal picture for patients suffering from chronic pain .
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I have had chronic low-back pain , with occasional flare-ups of worse pain, for at least five years.
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The underlying mechanisms may also be relevant to some chronic neuropathic pain states.
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Patients with muscle-contraction headaches often report chronic pain of long duration.
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Physiological addiction may occur after repeated use of analgesics for relief from chronic pain .
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And as Tavris has pointed out, chronic lower back pain can cause depression and irritability.
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Paradoxical pain Editor, - David Bowsher defines paradoxical pain as chronic nociceptive pain that does not respond to morphine.
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Ones that enhance the serotonin effects are often helpful in chronic pain disorders.
great
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The faces are horribly contorted as if suffocating or in great pain , and their eyes seem to follow anyone who passes.
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The enemy naturally realized this fully and took great pains to avoid the consequences.
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He was obviously ill and in great pain .
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Each additional acre, therefore, would be won at greater pain .
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The wounded Commando on the ground, obviously in great pain , is an incentive for us to kill them.
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Many Latina celebrities take great pains to appear as non-Latina as possible.
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Macmillan took great pains to husband his energies.
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But this was for Alvin a rare chance to see the child whose birth had caused him such great pain .
low
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Walking can improve your posture and may prevent lower back pain .
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One was written for a woman who said she suffered from insomnia and lower back pain .
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Doctors now routinely use super-sensitive blood and urine tests to screen women suffering from any lower abdominal pain .
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I have a very low threshold for pain .
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And as Tavris has pointed out, chronic lower back pain can cause depression and irritability.
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Examples are treating otitis media with antibiotics and treatments for lower back pain .
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But no one would think to call a sprained ankle or lower back pain a mental disorder.
physical
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He has endured mental anguish, mind-breaking guilts and lacerating physical pain .
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I eat faster, learn to go on less sleep, can endure more physical pain .
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It sort of goes in tandem with recovering from the physical pain .
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Painful emotion in the prosurvival chain can suppress physical pain in the contrasurvival engrams.
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After all, he detested physical pain and discomfort - and this excursion had promised both.
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All the conditions that made physical pain greatest applied to her.
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Now they were bloodcurdling as of an animal in intense physical pain .
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The engram bank becomes severely distorted by painful emotion and the areas of painful emotion be-come severely distorted by physical pain elsewhere.
real
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He took his left hand off the throttle and punched himself in the face. Real pain drove out fear.
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I could not believe it-he had inflicted real pain on himself.
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He's beginning to be a real pain .
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She was in no real pain or distress.
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The real pain is likely to be in the Midlands.
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It is all one thing, a ruined city of trivia where people feel real pain .
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Yet ... yet he hadn't felt any real pain , had he?
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This whole capital punishment thing is becoming a real pain in the neck for a civilized society.
severe
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This is a severe pleural pain of sudden onset, accompanied by fever and severe difficulty in breathing.
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A: It may take good detective skills to determine the cause of sudden severe ear pain in a healthy child.
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Afterwards he suffered severe stomach pains .
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Gastric or other visceral crises with severe pain are sometimes a part of the syndrome.
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Barbara Garnett, 74, was rushed in after complaining of severe stomach pains .
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Kumi was 29 days old when she was euthanized after it was found she had kidney failure and was in severe pain .
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Her main complaint was a severe pain which radiated to the left eyeball.
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In fact, an ear infection alone can cause sudden severe pain as fluid builds up in the middle ear.
sharp
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It was more than a headache; it was like a sharp pain right through the brain.
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A loud buzz erupted above his head, and sharp pains tore at his cheeks and scalp.
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A sharp pain twisted in Theda's guts.
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He was very agitated. Sharp pains racked his wasting body.
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The former Scarborough player felt a sharp pain in a knee against Scunthorpe United.
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According to court documents, Arlington was sleeping in her home when she was awakened by a sharp head pain .
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And suddenly a sharp pain as if stabbed in the gut.
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Then one day at school I got a sharp pain in my stomach.
terrible
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The pretty presenter was taken by ambulance to London's Charing Cross Hospital at 6 am with terrible stomach pains .
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It was five minutes before he stopped yelling, before he started to absorb the terrible pain that burnt through his flesh.
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She looked into his eyes and saw terrible pain and inconsolable grief.
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In the terrible pain and surprise of the moment, both my pistols went off and fell from my hands.
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He wanted to, but to be so close would expose him to that terrible pain of loss.
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And after about three days, I was in terrible pain and started to bleed a lot.
■ NOUN
chest
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This patient had a history of chest pain , although a negative exercise test had been recorded 7.5 months before the episode.
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The patient may or may not have palpitations or chest pain associated with the attack.
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She returned to the hospital in the early hours of Saturday 4 July complaining of increased chest pains .
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I had the feeling I was disappointing him, and it filled me with a dull continuous inner chest pain .
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The patient should have had central chest pain in the classic distribution for at least 15 minutes.
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Was there any chest pain , palpitation, or shortness of breath just before consciousness was lost?
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The right kind of exercise can cure back pain , headaches and chest pain.
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Sore muscles are not the only possibility to explain cough and chest pain .
relief
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It takes about 20 minutes to work and can give almost total pain relief .
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The advantage of this approach is that pain relief may be obtained without causing disturbance of sensation over the face and cornea.
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Objective assessment of pain in necessary to ensure adequate pain relief .
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Give drugs regularly and let the doctor know if you think more pain relief would be helpful.
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Particular care needs to be taken over: i. accidents or surgical procedures where anaesthetics and appropriate pain relief must be given.
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Such forecasts are like aspirins: they have no long term effect but do bring immediate pain relief .
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So, next time these problems come along, you can be sure of fast, effective pain relief with Calpol.
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Guidelines are suggested for pain relief and should be tailored to the individual patient's needs.
stomach
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The pretty presenter was taken by ambulance to London's Charing Cross Hospital at 6 am with terrible stomach pains .
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Two days later, after refusing to eat and complaining of stomach pain , Jimmy was hospitalized.
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Afterwards he suffered severe stomach pains .
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This plant, he explained, cured stomach pains and promoted circulation of the blood.
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Barbara Garnett, 74, was rushed in after complaining of severe stomach pains .
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People eating contaminated whipped cream quickly become ill with stomach pains .
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Whilst in Fort William she was taken ill with stomach pains .
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Digestive system Stomach pain , bloating, belching, intermittent diarrhoea.
■ VERB
cause
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I hate that I cause her so much pain .
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I want my speeches to go from causing pain to feeling it.
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Although of course they still cause considerable pain to any animal caught in them wild or domestic.
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Rest: Stop the activity that caused the pain and lie down.
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A vet, may be able to suggest some treatment to help ease tight muscles causing the pain .
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Taking an extra dollar from a rich person would cause less pain than taking an extra dollar from a poor one.
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If an exercise ever causes you any pain you must stop immediately.
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You may experience sleep difficulties caused by pain associated with surgery or other medical conditions such as arthritis.
control
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Morphine and its related narcotics have proved extremely useful in their ability to control pain .
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All I could do was control the pain .
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Aside from purely humanitarian reasons, there are other more practical reasons for aiming to control pain .
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Our results show that poorly controlled surgical pain significantly reduces tissue-oxygen tension.
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Wounds healed with little fever or discharge and patients seldom needed opium to control post-operative pain .
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Doctors may prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs to control both inflammation and pain .
cry
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He cried out in pain and stumbled back against the wall.
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Weary was crying because of horrible pains in his feet.
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Sonny began to cry from pain and fear.
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Consequently, it produced more smoke than flames and Ridley cried out in pain .
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He held his stomach and cried out in pain .
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He increased the pressure on her wrist causing her to cry out in pain and to drop the glass.
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The boat seemed to be crying out in pain , like an arthritic suddenly called upon to use weak muscles.
ease
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It helps to ease my pain , even though you aren't hearing me.
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Knowing this should help to ease your pain and anguish.
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Global marketing; big drugs companies try to ease the pain of more competition by selling products worldwide.
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If illness or injury strikes, medical professionals are normally close by, ready to ease pain and begin treatment.
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It shows that positive policies to ease the pain of job-loss are now the norm rather than the exception.
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It is state officials who are responsible for finding victims and easing their pain with financial help.
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Her one hope was an operation to ease the pain .
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On several occasions she was admitted to the hospital and spent several days there undergoing traction to ease the pain .
experience
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It is necessary to experience anxiety, pain , and death because we are alive.
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An involuntary action is set up which causes him to withdraw his hand even before he experiences any sensation of pain .
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As the Old Bailey Chronicle reported, Smith experienced excessive pain when first turned off, but that ceased almost immediately.
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Left fielder Billy Ashley experienced pain in his left hamstring Saturday while running out of the box.
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When the patient's spasticity is controlled, he will no longer experience any pain .
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But the company is experiencing growing pains as competition heats up.
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At some time in our lives most of us will experience back pain - for some the consequences can be devastating.
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Like them, she has experienced the pain of being fat, and can even joke about it.
feel
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It was feeling pain , like me.
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Shocked and feeling pain , I began to cry.
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He felt the pain of her parents.
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Don't feel the pain , the rust.
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As he stood, he felt an odd wobbling pain on his right side, just above the hip.
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Her hand came down on top of a large bunch of them and she felt a sudden stinging pain .
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Auto dealers also may feel some pain as car sales will slow after two strong years.
inflict
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And he was carrying no thunder-and-fire stick to inflict pain on them.
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The threat to inflict pain may trigger fears more damaging than the immediate sensation of pain.
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She looked into his eyes, into their endless blackness, seeking silent reassurance that he would inflict no more pain .
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You are just lying there with these people washing, dressing and at the same time inflicting pain on you.
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He had to inflict pain on people he was told were enemies.
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Bougies were inserted into the urethra, and these got bigger and bigger, inflicting great pain and considerable nausea.
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We all think it wrong to inflict pain gratuitously, but our reason for obeying this principle is not that others do.
relieve
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However, any treatment to relieve pain and suffering may well be justified even if this leads to an earlier death.
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Credited with everything from obliterating hot flashes to relieving pain , soy is one of the current health-media darlings.
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Oral aspirin is difficult if the patient is nauseated and vomiting and the opiate given to relieve pain may delay gastric motility.
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This doctor did not advise me of anything I could do to relieve the pain .
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Near the end Joey Beauchamp relieved the pain with his second goal of the season.
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Physiotherapy also helps prevent bed sores and relieves the pain that comes from staying in one position too long.
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This can be uncomfortable and requires plenty of gnawing to relieve the growing pain .
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Supporters called it an effort to help the ill obtain marijuana to relieve nausea, chronic pain and other maladies.
suffer
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The doctors said he suffered no pain and was very restful at the end.
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And that he suffered pain and injury should not be diminished.
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Miss Preston suffered muscle pain and stiffness after the attack.
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Sister, I am suffering so much pain .
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They suffered from pains in the head or indescribable sensations of uneasiness in the bowels.
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Pippen is suffering from pain in his back, knees and ankles.
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Afterwards he suffered severe stomach pains .
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Two people may suffer pain from the same apparent origin; and yet their pain will not yield to the same analgesic.
take
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Suddenly like Matisse in a three-piece suit and consultant's white coat, I take infinite pains to keep this model alive.
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But the Second Vatican Council had taken pains to correct this notion.
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Do you think I'd take you to pain ?
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Roy Anderson took great pains to ensure there were no more surprises for any of the players in the unfolding drama.
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Klausner and Rimer both took pains Tuesday not to criticize the consensus panel report, which has not been finalized.
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Macmillan took great pains to husband his energies.
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Congress takes great pains to avoid reminding voters that they themselves finance such mailings.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appetite/cough/pain etc suppressant
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It was designed for use as an appetite suppressant , to be taken along with a certain pill.
blind with tears/rage/pain etc
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She turned her back again, her shoulders heaving, her eyes blind with tears.
dart of guilt/panic/pain etc
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She held her breath on another quick dart of guilt.
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The words echoed unspoken in her brain, sending tiny darts of pain through her veins.
pained expression/look/voice etc
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As you began again, all of us around you exchanged more pained looks.
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He assumed a pained expression and averted his eyes.
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He finally looked at Cantor, a pained expression on his face.
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His mouth was set in a prim, pained expression of disapproval.
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Larry, my stepfather, sits stiffly with a pained expression on his face.
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Rex made with the crossed eyes and suitably pained expression.
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The ubiquitous man with the pained expression vanishes.
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You noticed a vaguely pained expression enter Jackson's eyes, as if he was wondering why nothing ever proved simple.
shout in pain/anger/frustration etc
spare sb the trouble/difficulty/pain etc (of doing sth)
stab of pain/disappointment/fear etc
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As Grant hurried down the narrow concrete stairs, he felt the first warning stab of pain in his torn thigh muscle.
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I bit my arm and was grateful for the stab of pain, for the resistance of the bone beneath the skin.
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I felt a sharp stab of disappointment and was surprised and angry at myself.
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Instinctively he rolled in the saddle and felt the white-hot stab of pain as something sharp scored a line across his shoulders.
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She stretched, and little stabs of pain shot through her.
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Supposing, he thought, with a stab of fear, he was never going to have any friends?
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The policeman pinched his eyes as if overcome with a sudden stab of pain.
the pain barrier
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A slipped disc can cause severe back pain .
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He told the doctor he was suffering from chest pains.
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In college, Durban began to suffer from headches and pain in his arms and legs
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Kerry had to drive herself to the hospital when the labor pains began.
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The pain is getting worse.
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The drug is often used to ease the pain of dying cancer patients.
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the pleasures and pains of trying to earn money as a writer
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You won't feel any pain during the operation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dash put his head in his hands, as if in pain .
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If unusual pain or symptoms occur consult physician.
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It is state officials who are responsible for finding victims and easing their pain with financial help.
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Over time, the pain usually lessens and goes away, but this may take several months to several years.
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These are the truly intractable pains and they are called intractable because they respond to no known form of therapy.
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They simply tell us that some one has some very specific desires, aches and pains.
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Two days later, after refusing to eat and complaining of stomach pain , Jimmy was hospitalized.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appetite/cough/pain etc suppressant
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It was designed for use as an appetite suppressant , to be taken along with a certain pill.
blind with tears/rage/pain etc
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She turned her back again, her shoulders heaving, her eyes blind with tears.
dart of guilt/panic/pain etc
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She held her breath on another quick dart of guilt.
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The words echoed unspoken in her brain, sending tiny darts of pain through her veins.
pained expression/look/voice etc
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As you began again, all of us around you exchanged more pained looks.
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He assumed a pained expression and averted his eyes.
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He finally looked at Cantor, a pained expression on his face.
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His mouth was set in a prim, pained expression of disapproval.
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Larry, my stepfather, sits stiffly with a pained expression on his face.
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Rex made with the crossed eyes and suitably pained expression.
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The ubiquitous man with the pained expression vanishes.
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You noticed a vaguely pained expression enter Jackson's eyes, as if he was wondering why nothing ever proved simple.
stab of pain/disappointment/fear etc
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As Grant hurried down the narrow concrete stairs, he felt the first warning stab of pain in his torn thigh muscle.
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I bit my arm and was grateful for the stab of pain, for the resistance of the bone beneath the skin.
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I felt a sharp stab of disappointment and was surprised and angry at myself.
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Instinctively he rolled in the saddle and felt the white-hot stab of pain as something sharp scored a line across his shoulders.
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She stretched, and little stabs of pain shot through her.
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Supposing, he thought, with a stab of fear, he was never going to have any friends?
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The policeman pinched his eyes as if overcome with a sudden stab of pain.
the pain barrier
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His war wound which had pained him earlier was now turning to agony.
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She is pained that he can exclude her from his life.