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Meanings of pains in inglês
Synonyms
Examples for "strain"
Examples for "strain"
1
Health services always come under extra strain at this time of year.
2
Russia recorded several cases of this strain of the virus last year.
3
Argentina's health ministry has confirmed one case of the new flu strain.
4
Differential exposure to financial strain may explain some differences in population health.
5
Aid agencies worry that the huge influx will strain present government resources.
1
Meet a new generation of young people striving to protect their history.
2
Does my heart good to see such young men striving for success.
3
But Mr Gove said he was striving for higher standards in schools.
4
He wanted to achieve results, but I think he loved striving more.
5
These challenges have been the driving motivation behind striving to help others.
1
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.
2
Nisus quickly took the lead springing far away ahead of the rest.
3
The youth, flying, became separated from Nisus, and was captured by the enemy.
4
Nisus and Euryalus, Lausus and Pallas, come all to unfortunate ends.
5
Nisus was king of Megara, and Scylla was his daughter.
Usage of pains in inglês
1
Friends said the pains were the result of a previous hernia injury.
2
The authorities take great pains to prevent citizens from accessing the internet.
3
She said the long, long day was as bad as labour pains.
4
She was maybe fifty, but had taken great pains to look younger.
5
Expectant mothers toiled in the fields until they felt their labor pains.
6
Witness attributed the pains in the head to the effect of shell-shock.
7
Apparently she took great pleasure in the pains and misfortunes of others.
8
These they spared no pains in educating for usefulness in the world.
9
As Theresa May has been at pains to stress: Allardyce means Allardyce.
10
Whilst she was at police station she started complaining of labour pains.
11
As in many other industries, the on-demand economy is experiencing growing pains.
12
I work miracles; you once took the pains to write me so.
13
She had fever regularly, and the pains in her head became intolerable.
14
Marie Garcia said her pains were coming at four- or five-minute intervals.
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He says the growing pains means that the country is getting wealthier.
16
The smoke was stifling, and the pains of dissolution in my heart.
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Pains through the time
Pains across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
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