Pain vs. hurt

[Watie]

I was amazed by the English language...it can exactly draw what the situation happens without needs much words. Thanks Mr. Alan. you are inspiring me..

[Khosit]

Hi Alan,
Thank you very much.I will try to understand it.

[Fitrihanday]

Hi Alan,
Thank you for your explanation.

[Betty76]

Hi Alan and everybody. Thanks for your explanations, especially for providing examples of usage. For instance, the sentence "He has a fear of lifts and always walks up the stairs.", if originally thought in Italian, would be "Ha paura degli ascensori e fa sempre le scale". Translating literally from Italian into English, one wouldn't use the article with "paura" (fear)! Now I know that would be wrong! Thank you very much!