Preposition: about

• book: My only real gripe about the book is the standard of some of the photographs.

Converse of object

• have: I have a gripe about family rooms in pubs.

• get: Got a gripe or a compliment or something to say?

• hear: All teachers have heard the old gripes, why should I have to learn fractions?

• find: I struggled to find any gripes about this hardware.

Adjective modifier

• minor: I have however, one minor, tiny little gripe, directed mainly at the media.

• big: The biggest gripe most people will have is with game saves.

• only: My only gripe about the article; my picture should have been larger than Nadine's!

• main: My main gripe is the absence of two- player levels.

• major: The major gripe I have with them is they do not pay " on.. .

• real: My real gripe is against the hot air hand drier.

Modifies a noun

• water: Runs on milk, Baby oil and gripe water.

• site: This is a gripe site and most people like to gripe at you.

• session: Will meet with all research students ( gripe session ) quarterly.

Modifying Another Word

• only: Well, I'll get my one and only gripe out of the way now.

• n't: Q. Why ca n't gripe water be given to babies under a month old?

• still: You want to be dominated but still gripe about it.