general discomfort

collocation in English

meaningsofgeneralanddiscomfort

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general
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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discomfort
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskʌm.fət/us
/dɪˈskʌm.fɚt/
a feeling of being uncomfortable physically or mentally, or something that ...
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(Definition ofgeneralanddiscomfortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This made thegeneraldiscomfortat change more appealing than the discomfort at maintaining the status quo.
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In one of the quotations used to illustrate the sense of 'kinaesthetics', it is said to be 'the mediator of general well-being orgeneraldiscomfortand malaise'.
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Attention was called to the dangerous and dirty nature of, and thegeneraldiscomfortinvolved in the duties in many of these sheds.
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Even when not committing criminal acts, some young people can be menacing in their behaviour to thegeneraldiscomfortof the public.
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Surely there ought to he some sort of marshalling yard from which smaller lorries can take the goods and deliver them with much lessgeneraldiscomfort.
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It is not considered that the service on which the destroyers have been engaged involvesgeneraldiscomfort to an extent which would qualify the crews for hard-lying money.
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The raising of canal rates is an inevitable accompaniment of thegeneraldiscomfortwe shall all have to endure through the nationalisation of transport in this country.
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The most common symptoms are chills, fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headache (often severe), coughing, weakness/fatigue andgeneraldiscomfort.
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Symptoms of influenza, which are much more severe than the common cold, include fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness andgeneraldiscomfort.
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The experiment was immediately followed by headache lasting for some hours,generaldiscomfortof the system, and half an hour after by slight shivering fits.
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Sometimes other symptoms may occur, such as fatigue, fever and ageneraldiscomfortor sick feeling.
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Since service began, there have been many complaints about the trainsets, citinggeneraldiscomfort, together with seating that faces opposite the direction of travel.
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The most common symptoms aregeneraldiscomfort, headache, stomach awareness, nausea, vomiting, pallor, sweating, fatigue, drowsiness, disorientation, and apathy.
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This was not a lesson only for this prison, it taught other prisons to avoid the problems of this regime: carelessness, lack of hygiene,generaldiscomfort, etc.
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