2. You probably know the word “ache”
It can be a verb or a noun, and means “ to
hurt” or “a pain”.
We sometimes combine the word “ ache”
with parts of the body.
For examples:
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3. If our back hurts, we say that we have
“ backache” or “ a backache”.
4. However, we do “not” do this with all
parts of body.
For example, we cannot say that we have a
“handache”.
There are really only five parts of the body
that we combine with "ache".
6. They are shown below, Plus two other words
that we use in a slightly different way.
Heartache: We do not use
this to mean a “physical”
pain in the heart. Instead, it
means an emotional pain.
Faceache: This means an
ugly or miserable-looking
person. (BrE)
