headache

/ˈhɛdeɪk/
noun 2

Collocations

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1

(noun.) pain in the head

ADJ

bad, severe, terrible, violent | mild, slight | dull | pounding, splitting, throbbing

migraine, tension

She gets terrible migraines whenever she spends too long staring at her computer screen.

VERB + HEADACHE

have, suffer from

My brother suffered from a terrible headache after working on the computer all day.

get, develop

If I drink too much coffee, I develop a terrible headache by afternoon.

complain of

Many employees complained of severe headaches after staring at their computer screens all day.

bring on, cause, give sb

Staring at the computer screen all day causes terrible headaches for me.

plead

My father pleaded a headache to avoid going to the boring meeting.

HEADACHE + NOUN

pill, tablet

2

(noun.) sb/sth that causes worry/difficulty

ADJ

big, major, real | constant

PREP

~ for

Managing five different projects at once has been a real headache for our team.

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