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Which do you like, Tom?
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 17:14 pm Expression: "So did the medicine ..." |
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Honestly speaking, MM, I have been using these.
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Relieve
Stop
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If I am not mistaken, subside and dull carry a different meaning--right? [the pain was not killed completely--it only became less.]
What about deaden?
Please let me know about the accuracy and naturalness of the words given in the first post.
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 17:32 pm Expression: "So did the medicine ..." |
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I like "kill".
How about "cure", Tom? Or, "get rid of"? |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 18:23 pm Expression: "So did the medicine ..." |
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You could say 'kill' or 'cure', but you'd usually use 'cure' in connection with a disease. 'Get rid of' is fine but informal, and so is 'make it go away'. I'd go for 'relieve', 'eliminate' or 'alleviate'.
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:08 am Expression: "So did the medicine ..." |
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So we are left with two--deaden and end.
Could you please shed some light on these two, too? Wrong, unnatural or odd?
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| #7 (permalink) Wed Oct 22, 2008 13:12 pm Expression: "So did the medicine ..." |
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Hi Tom
I wouldn't use either "deaden" or "end" in your sentence -- they sound unnatural to me.
I'd be more likely to use "deaden the pain", probably in connection with pain much worse than an average headache produces. (I might possibly say "deaden the pain of a migraine", however.)
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Oct 22, 2008 13:44 pm Expression: "So did the medicine ..." |
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| 'Get rid of' is fine but informal, and so is 'make it go away'. I'd go for 'relieve', 'eliminate' or 'alleviate'. |
In which context would you go for (informal expression also?) that? |
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