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Speaker 1: I visited my ninety seven year old aunt in the

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nursing home the other day. I haven't seen her in

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a while, and it was a bit of a pain

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in the neck to get there, but it was totally

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worth it. She said that, aside from a few aches

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and pains, she's doing pretty good. Aches and pains, Now,

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those are two words that tend to be a royal

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pain for a lot of English learners. Let's check it out.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven ninety eight.

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Ache versus pain. Building your vocabulary in English can sometimes

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feel like a pain in the neck, especially when it

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comes to English words that have similar meanings. Ache and

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pain are two words that can make your brain hurt

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when you try to remember how to use them. So

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for today's English lesson, let's check out how we use

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these two words. Pain is a noun and means a strong, sharp,

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or sudden feeling of discomfort. We use pain when the

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discomfort is severe, sharp, or sudden. In addition, pain is

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usually more intense than ache, Like David he helt a

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sharp pain in his knee after running for an hour,

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he felt a sharp pain. And after her surgery, Linda

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experienced a lot of pain, so the doctor gave her

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medicine for that. Oh, and that reminds me. I went

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to that spicy chicken wing place last weekend and the

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wings were so hot I had a bad stomach pain

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for a few hours after eating there. By the way,

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you can also use pain to talk about emotional suffering,

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like when it comes to romantic relationships, the pain of

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a breakup can last a long time. That guy broke

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Anna's heart and she never really recovered from the pain.

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And do you remember the movie Titanic. That film showed

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us the pain that Rose felt when Jack drowned in

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the water, So that's pain. Pain is a noun. On

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the other hand, we use ache as a noun and

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as a verb. As a noun, ache means a dull,

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continuous discomfort that lasts for a long time. Ache is

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milder than pain and lasts longer, and ache is often

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used for specific parts of the body, like a headache,

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a backache, or a toothache. For example, Lisa has a

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terrible headache after working on the computer all day. After exercising,

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John felt a dull ache in his legs, and as

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a verb, ache means to suffer from a dull, continuous discomfort,

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like my back aches from sitting too long at my desk.

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That's a problem with my kind of job. And after

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shoveling snow this morning, my body aches all over. Johnny

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said that everything ached after lifting those heavy boxes. So

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this is how you can remember the difference. A pain

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is strong, sharp, and sudden, like I have a sharp

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pain in my shoulder. An ache is dull, long lasting

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discomfort like my back aches after sitting all day. And

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we often use ache with body parts headache, backache, stomach ache,

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and toothache. By the way, we also use the phrase

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aches and pains to describe minor discomfort in the muscles,

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like aside from a few aches and pains, my aunt

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says she's doing pretty well. According to her, aches and

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pains are a usual part of getting older. We also

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use the phrase no pain, no gain, which comes from

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gym or fitness classes. No pain, no gain is a

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standalone phrase which means suffering is a necessary part of

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reaching your goal. Like it was hard lifting those weights

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in the gym, but the trainer told me no pain,

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no gain. Yep, the slogan no pain, no gain is

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written in big letters on the wall in the fitness club.

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And finally, a pain in the neck is something that's

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bothersome or inconvenient to do. We also use a pain

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in the rear, a pain in the butt, and a

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pain in the ass. Just be careful with using the

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phrase a pain in the ass because some people might

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find that word ass offensive. Going to the post office

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to renew my passport was a pain in the neck.

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And my friend Joe wants to move out, but he

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said it's a pain in the neck to look for

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a new apartment. Jenny isn't dating anyone now because she

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said dating is too much of a pain in the neck.

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Keep in mind, the best way to remember English like

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this and any other word or phrase in English is

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to take that word or phrase, write it in a

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sentence that's true for you or true in your world,

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