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Meaning of knee ache | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/niˌeɪk/

Definitions

A pain in the knee, often caused by joint pain.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“If I happen to be sitting in close proximity to the patient's stump, it is conceivable that he might trace the location of his pain to my knee or my foot. Is it then correct to say that he experiences a knee ache in my knee?”
“She was refusing to go to school. She had a sore throat, she said, or a headache, or a knee ache. Normally, I would panic at the slightest hint of illness — I was perpetually on the lookout for signs of leukaemia — but since she'd turned 10, becoming older than Ellie was when she died, I’d calmed down a lot.”
“Been gone for a bit. Three days ago, I awoke with a knee ache like I've never experienced before. The knee ache turned into surgery at midnight. While I was being prepped for surgery by the doctors, I asked two questions ...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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