Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.
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- noun Plural form of
pain . - noun used in plural Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an effortful attempt to attain a goal
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The part where you mention birthing pains is way, way lighter than say the section where on this same post you start with E-visit etc. and the rest it is nice and legibly darker.
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The part where you mention birthing pains is way, way lighter than say the section where on this same post you start with E-visit etc. and the rest it is nice and legibly darker.
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The part where you mention birthing pains is way, way lighter than say the section where on this same post you start with E-visit etc. and the rest it is nice and legibly darker.
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I think the "chest pains" was a ruse to gain access to the hospital records and search for evidence of a forged Obama birth certificate OR he is actually having reflux pains from the vile he spewes on the airwaves everyday.
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Expect nothing but screeching growing pains from the bigots from now to eternity.
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"Short-term pains from fiscal austerity will be long-term gains for the dollar and the economy," said Mr. MacQueen.
A Silver Lining to S&P's Cloud Min Zeng 2011
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The third time I stop half-way with shin pains, hobble home, and put my running shoes away for another six months.
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The part where you mention birthing pains is way, way lighter than say the section where on this same post you start with E-visit etc. and the rest it is nice and legibly darker.
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Back in the late 19th century, there was no shortage of short-term pains caused by the early macro-drivers of the industrial revolution - the death of the entire "craftsman" socio-cultural class, the re-concentration of population against the new workforce demands, virtually all of the "start-ups" of that age either driven out of business or, if lucky, bought out by the likes of Rockefeller.
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Top prospect Josh Hamilton, who missed most of last season with back pains, is having more trouble.
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