I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ constant , deep ( figurative ), dull , nagging , throbbing
▪ familiar
▪ muscular , stomach , tummy
VERB + ACHE
▪ be aware of , feel , have
▪
She kept feeling the nagging ~ in her heart.
▪
I felt the familiar ~ in my lower back.
▪ ease
▪
He changed his position once again to ease the ~ in his back.
ACHE + VERB
▪ throb
▪
A dull ~ throbbed at the back of David's head.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
a nagging ~ in her knee
▪
She could hardly speak for the ~ in her heart.
▪ ~ inside
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of loneliness inside him
PHRASES
▪ ~s and pains
▪
He was always complaining about his various ~s and pains.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ badly , really , terribly
▪
My feet ~d badly.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪
My left foot ~d a little.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
I still really ~ from all that running yesterday.
PHRASES
▪ ~ all over
▪
Her head felt hot and she was aching all over.
Ache is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ back , ↑ body , ↑ chest , ↑ ear , ↑ head , ↑ heart , ↑ joint , ↑ knee , ↑ leg , ↑ lung , ↑ muscle , ↑ neck , ↑ side , ↑ throat , ↑ tooth , ↑ tummy