• 2021-04-14
    Complete the sentences with suitable words below. Sometimes more than one collocation is possible.


    Verbs frequently used with distress: suffer, conceal, relieve, cause, ease, feel
    suffer distress
    conceal distress
    relieve distress
    cause distress
    ease distress
    feel distress
    1. The increasing unemployment rate of the country will ____ great distress to countless families.


    2. He tried to ____ his distress but his trembling voice told us the truth.


    3. In order to ____ his distress, we told the boy to think about the misfortune in a positive way.


    4. The wild animals ____ great pain and distress when they are hunted.


    5. In a civilized society, everybody should ____ distress and anger at such an evil.