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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
pain
/peɪn/
noun1 of 2
strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- “She's in a lot of pain because of her period.”Tatoeba
- “The pain let me know that I was still alive.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)