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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pain of" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is not a standard expression and may confuse readers.
Example: "He felt a pain of regret after making that decision."
Alternatives: "a sense of pain" or "a feeling of pain".
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Suddenly I am gripped by a pain of such intensity that I can barely breathe.
We all collectively share in a pain of displacement and not feeling like we quite belong in places".
And, she said, "I make a pain of myself at church" by pestering her pastor not to schedule committee meetings on Sunday.
When Allen smacks him after Jack threatens to bust Marie's jaw, his account betrays Jack as a blowhard who has rarely delivered a hard blow: "Well Al I am not going to stand that from nobody not even if he is my brother-in-law and a lefthander that has not got enough speed to brake a pain of glass.
One interpretation could be that, confronted with a pain of equivalent intensity, migraine patients are particularly vulnerable as compared to tension-type patients.
This had not been the traditional view; most hedonists had held that a pleasure of a given intensity is exactly as good as a pain of the same intensity is evil.
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A The pain of making the mistake in '96.
"The horn fly causes an economic pain of $1 billion to the [cattle] industry in North America, annually.
It's a bit of a pain.
It saved him a lot of pain of rejection.
It dulls the pain of a visit from the midges.
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