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Friends said the pains were the result of a previous hernia injury.
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The authorities take great pains to prevent citizens from accessing the internet.
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She said the long, long day was as bad as labour pains.
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She was maybe fifty, but had taken great pains to look younger.
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Expectant mothers toiled in the fields until they felt their labor pains.
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Meet a new generation of young people striving to protect their history.
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Does my heart good to see such young men striving for success.
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But Mr Gove said he was striving for higher standards in schools.
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He wanted to achieve results, but I think he loved striving more.
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These challenges have been the driving motivation behind striving to help others.
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Moreover, these practices have an influence on the relation between husband and wife, on their emotions towards each other and towards the whole sexual nisus.
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Nisus quickly took the lead springing far away ahead of the rest.
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The youth, flying, became separated from Nisus, and was captured by the enemy.
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Nisus and Euryalus, Lausus and Pallas, come all to unfortunate ends.
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Nisus was king of Megara, and Scylla was his daughter.
Usage of strain in English
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Health services always come under extra strain at this time of year.
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Russia recorded several cases of this strain of the virus last year.
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Argentina's health ministry has confirmed one case of the new flu strain.
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Differential exposure to financial strain may explain some differences in population health.
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Aid agencies worry that the huge influx will strain present government resources.
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But state officials say the other cases are all the same strain.
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Instituting the new groupthink in 2006, however, was not without internal strain.
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This is the same strain that has been affecting poultry in Europe.
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John's birth had put the great maternal animal to a severe strain.
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Ties with China are also under strain over trade and technology issues.
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The water placed quite a strain on the Bowmore Chamber of Commerce.
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Results: The ASV group had lower alveolar strain than the VCV group.
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But so far from home, without a path, the strain was extreme.
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Afghan civilian deaths caused by Nato attacks have added to the strain.
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Power cuts will put these businesses, and the economy, under further strain.
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CDAD rates and severity are increasing, possibly due to a new strain.