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| Name: | the complain about construction |
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| Description: | A person says negative things about something. |
| Verbs: | bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, complain, fulminate, gripe, groan, grouse, grumble, moan, mutter, protest, quibble, sound off, tut-tut, wail, whine, whinge |
| Example: | The media constantly complain about defamation law. (BNC) |
| Membership: | communication; unilateral; with affect; internal |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Topic
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