pains in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.pain [Brit peɪn, Am peɪn] N

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pains in the PONS Dictionary

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aches and pains

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pains Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be at pains to +infin, to go to great pains to +infin
to be a pain (in the neck) inf
it pains sb to +infin
aches and pains
to be all aches and pains
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In the afternoon, she began getting contractions and her labour pains started.
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After hours of infinite pains, the bread sauce always looks like wallpaper paste.
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There is more to come: the intensifying labor pains, the tearing of the umbilical cord, the newborn's first cries...
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In his written judgements, however, he spared no pains, and they were always thorough and exhaustive.
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He is at pains to understand, to psychoanalyse this gifted but tragic figure whom, to this day, he fervently admires.
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Anonymous takes great pains to be undefinable and amorphous.
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His funeral was accompanied with great noise and splendour, for which no pains or monies were spared.
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A very small percentage of patients with false pregnancy will arrive at the doctor's office or hospital with what feels like labour pains, but they will not deliver a baby.
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Hale was not noted as a particularly innovative judge, but took pains to ensure that his decisions were easy to understand and informative.
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Having a birth pool at hand for her to labour in relaxes her and helps her to cope with labour pains.
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