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Collocations for ache - noun

ADJECTIVE

constant, deep (figurative), dull, nagging, throbbing
familiar
muscular, stomach, tummy

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VERB + ache

be aware of, feel, have
She kept feeling the nagging ache in her heart.
I felt the familiar ache in my lower back.
ease
He changed his position once again to ease the ache in his back.

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ache + VERB

throb
A dull ache throbbed at the back of David's head.

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PREPOSITION

ache in
a nagging ache in her knee
She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart.
ache inside
ache of
the ache of loneliness inside him

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PHRASES

aches and pains
He was always complaining about his various aches and pains.

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Collocations for ache - verb

ADVERB

badly, really, terribly
My feet ached badly.
a little, slightly, etc.
My left foot ached a little.

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PREPOSITION

from
I still really ache from all that running yesterday.

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PHRASES

ache all over
Her head felt hot and she was aching all over.

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Ache is used with these nouns as the subject:
back, body, chest, ear, head, heart, joint, knee, leg, lung, muscle, neck, side, throat, tooth, tummy

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