main worry

collocation in English

meaningsofmainandworry

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main
adjective[before noun]
uk
/meɪn/us
/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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worry
noun
uk
/ˈwʌr.i/us
/ˈwɝː.i/
a problem that makes you feel unhappy ...
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(Definition ofmainandworryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmain worry

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Themainworryis housing.
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This is mymainworry.
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That is themainworry.
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Of course, themainworryis glaucoma.
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I come now to mymainworry.
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My secondmainworryconcerns the censorship of patients' correspondence.
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Themainworrywas on the grounds of cost.
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The farmers'mainworryrevolves around the two systems.
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Rightly or wrongly, that was themainworry.
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Ourmainworryis about the fragmentation of the inspectorate.
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Theirmainworrywas about the local councils.
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That is mymainworryabout this set of proposals.
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Unemployment is now themainworryof most people.
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Themainworryis about nitrates which enter watercourses.
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Mymainworryabout this whole concept is a slightly different one.
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Mymainworryabout it has been that the commission has been working with outdated equipment.
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The secondmainworryis the waywardness with which the law, it seems, is applied.
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I come to mymainworryabout this short but interesting debate.
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A lot of people are moving out and emigration is ourmainworry.
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Mymainworryis that the move will not be temporary, but permanent.
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There are one or two other minor points before coming to mymainworry.
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That is mymainworryas regards paragraphs 38 to 48, taken together with paragraph 53.
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The ordinary citizen has made it clear that his or hermainworryis rising prices.
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Mymainworryis the question of standardisation of these belts.
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Mymainworryabout the forecast, however, relates to the longer term.
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