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Used with verbs:
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My grandfather suffers from arthritis pain in his joints."
(suffers from, has, feels, experiences, gets)
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If you have a child, you will go through a lot of pain."
(go through, be in)
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This pill will alleviate the pain in your back."
(alleviate, ease, dull, lessen, numb, reduce, relieve, stop, manage, treat, minimize)
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Sometimes my legs hurt, but usually I can ignore the pain."
(ignore, withstand, stand, endure, bear)
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Exercising with an injured leg will only increase the pain."
(increase, intensify, worsen)
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If you don't rest for a few days, the pain will get worse."
(get worse, worsen, grow stronger)
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The pain began when I stopped jogging every day."
(began, started, returned, came back, subsided, went away, disappeared)
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The pain comes and goes at least once a day."
(comes and goes, comes)
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Inflicting pain on someone else is cruel."
(inflicting)
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This shot may cause a little pain, but it will go away quickly."
(cause)
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It is normal to feel emotional pain after the death of a loved one."
(feel, be in, experience, have, go through)
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Seeing a psychologist may help to heal the pain of a traumatic event."
(heal, relieve, get over)
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It is hard to live with the pain of losing a child."
(live with, withstand, endure, bear, hide, conceal)
Used with nouns:
"
Take this pain medication before you go to sleep every night."
(medication, medicine, killer, pill, reliever)
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This doctor specializes in pain management."
(management, relief)
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You can expect some minor pain symptoms."
(symptoms)
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The pain level depends on your health."
(level, amount)
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Women have a higher pain tolerance than men."
(tolerance, threshold)
Used with adjectives:
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After the car accident he was in excruciating pain for several months."
(excruciating, great, agonizing, acute, extreme, unbearable, intense, severe, terrible, unimaginable, debilitating)
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When the weather is cold I feel constant pain in my leg."
(constant, persistent)
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She's feeling slight pain in her chest."
(slight, mild)
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As we age, it is normal to experience joint pain."
(joint, shoulder, back, stomach, leg, muscle, chest, bodily, physical, recurrent, intermittent)
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There is a dull pain in my chest."
(dull, nagging, chronic, slight, stabbing, burning, shooting, searing, sudden)
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The emotional pain of divorce can take years to heal."
(emotional, great, enormous, immense, terrible, unspeakable)
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He was in a lot of pain after his wife left him for another man."
(a lot of, great, enormous, immense, terrible, unspeakable)
Used with prepositions:
"
I have pain in both legs."
(in)
