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Dilantoplu Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Loss to an ache

Hi,

The headache had settled to a steady thrum, the loss to an ache like a cracked tooth.

means that the pain is going away or getting stronger? What does "the loss to an ache..." part mean?

Thanks in advance.
  

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The sentence as it stand doesn't seem to make sense. This apparently refers to something else that was said previously, and which needs to be included in order for the sentence to be logical. " So whatever "the loss" is, the pain from it had become like the ache of a cracked tooth.

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  • The sentence as it stand doesn't seem to make sense.
  • This apparently refers to something else that was said previously, and which needs to be included in order for the sentence to be logical.
  • " So whatever "the loss" is, the pain from it had become like the ache of a cracked tooth.
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The sentence as it stand doesn't seem to make sense. This apparently refers to something else that was said previously, and which needs to be included in order for the sentence to be logical. As I understand it, the sentence means: "The headache had settled to a steady thrum, while the loss had settled to an ache like a cracked tooth." So whatever "the loss" is, the pain from it had become lik
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Hi,

The headache had settled to a steady thrum, the loss to an ache like a cracked tooth.

means that the pain is going away or getting stronger? What does "the loss to an ache..." part mean?

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The longer form would be

The headache had settled to a steady thrum, and the loss had settled to an ac
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Yes, he lost his wife but I had not been able to understand the sentence completely. Now, adding "had settled" made it real clear.

Thanks a lot,

Dilan.
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