Unit 3+4

Question 1

experience pain

Answer 1

suffer/feel pain

Question 2

alleviate pain

Answer 2

ease/lessen/relieve/soothe pain

Question 3

inflict pain

Answer 3

cause pain
deliberately inflict pain on sb

Question 4

complain of pain

Answer 4

to say that you feel ill or are suffering from a pain

Question 5

pain subsides (v)

Answer 5

to become calmer, quieter or less intense
his anger/laugh to subside
rain/storm had subsided

Question 6

be racked with pain

Answer 6

to make somebody suffer great physical or mental pain
be racked with/by guilt
a racking cough

Question 7

take sb up on an offer

Answer 7

accept offer

Question 8

get aches and pains

Answer 8

You get more aches and pains as you get older

Question 9

on/under pain of something

Answer 9

formal) with the threat of having something done to you as a punishment if you do not obey
They were required to cut pollution levels, on pain of a £10 000 fine if they disobeyed

Question 10

a pain in the neck (I)

Answer 10

a person or thing that is very annoying
That man’s a pain in the neck!

Question 11

pose a problem

Answer 11

is a problem

Question 12

a surge of anger

Answer 12

a sudden angry feeling
feel a surge of anger

Question 13

a pang of nostalgia

Answer 13

a sad feeling mixed with pleasure when you think of happy times in the past
She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days.

Question 14

swelling with pride

Answer 14

looking extremely proud

Question 15

filled with horror

Question 16

shock-horror

Answer 16

British English, informal, often humorous) used when you pretend to be shocked by something that is not really very serious or surprising
The article reports on a celebrity who—shock horror—has gained weight!

Question 17

blissfully unaware

Answer 17

> < fully aware