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It pains somebody to do something
For your pains Be at pains to do something Be a pain (in the neck) Pain in Abandon ship Abandon yourself to something literary to feel an emotion so strongly that you let it control you completely She abandoned herself to grief. to leave a ship because it is sinking ᅳ abandonment noun [uncountable] abandon noun (uncountable) if someone does something with abandon, they behave in a careless or uncontrolled way, without thinking or caring about what they are doing with reckless/wild abandon They drank and smoked with reckless abandon. Abandoned adjective 1. an abandoned building, car, boat etc has been left by the people who owned or used it The car was found abandoned in Bristol. the demolition of abandoned buildings 2. [only before noun] an abandoned person or animal has been left completely alone by the person that was looking after them 3. literary behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way
Pain noun 1. [uncountable and countable] the feeling you have when part of your body hurts The pain in her jaw had come back. I had a nasty pain in my leg. Greg was in a lot of pain. ᅳsee also growing pains 2. [uncountable and countable]the feeling of unhappiness you have when you are sad, upset, etc the pain and grief of bereavement cause (somebody) pain/inflict pain on somebody She hated to say the words, for fear of causing pain. spoken a lso be a pain in the ass/backside/butt not polite to be very annoying There were times when Joe could be a real pain in the neck. It's a pain, having to go upstairs to make the coffee every time. 4. take/go to (great) pains to do something also take pains with/over something to make a special effort to do something He's taken great pains to improve his image. to be especially careful to make sure people understand what you are saying or what you plan to do Roy was at pains to point out that English was the only exam he'd ever failed. as a reward for something you worked to achieve - used especially when this is disappointing I fetched the file, and all I got for my pains was a dirty look from Simon. 7. on/under pain of death at the risk of being killed as punishment, if you do not obey Communist activity was prohibited on pain of death. pain verb [transitive] formal used to say that it is very difficult and upsetting for someone to have to do something painful adjective 1. making you feel very upset, or very difficult and unpleasant for you ᅳopposite painless painful memories/experience etc He sobbed as he recalled the painful memory. Venice was a painful reminder of her marriage.
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