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verb ADV. badly, really My feet ached badly. | a bit My left foot ached a bit. PREP. from I still really ache from all that cycling yesterday. PHRASES ache all over Her head felt hot and she was aching all over., noun physical pain ADJ. dull, nagging, throbbing | familiar | muscular, stomach, tummy VERB + ACHE be aware of, feel I felt the familiar ache in my lower back. | ease He changed his position once again to ease the ache in his back. ACHE + VERB throb A dull ache throbbed at the back of David's head. PREP. ~ in a nagging ache in her knee PHRASES aches and pains He was always complaining about his various aches and pains. great sorrow ADJ. deep, dull, nagging VERB + ACHE feel, have She kept feeling the nagging ache in her heart. PREP. ~ in She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart. | ~ inside, ~ of the ache of loneliness inside him
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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dull steady pain:
My back had an ache yesterday., verb
to suffer a dull, sustained pain:
My leg will ache after a long walk.
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