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Old 18-Apr-2005, 02:17
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Default Re: to hurt vs. to ache

Just to add a note about the nouns:

We talk of the five aches (nouns)- tooth, back, head, stomach and ear. We also have heartache, but that is a romantic problem, not a medical one. Other parts of the boday are 'sore'.
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