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| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| can't stand |
If you can't stand something, you hate it, or you strongly dislike it. You feel like you can't tolerate it. If you can't stand a person, you really dislike them. |
| handle |
to tolerate; cope with. [1/5 definitions] |
| tolerate |
When you tolerate something, you continue to live with it even though you don't like it or it is bad or hard for you. If you can't tolerate something, you can't live with it or you feel as if you need to escape from it. [1/2 definitions] |
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