Lesson 51 Flashcards

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Out of sorts

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Not well, but not seriously ill (informal)

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Off-color

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Slightly ill

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Under the weather

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Not well, but not seriously ill (informal)

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Feeling poorly

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Not well, but not seriously ill (informal)

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Fighting off

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Trying to get rid of

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Gone down with

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Has caught, usually a non-serious illness

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Come down with

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To start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious

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Suffers from

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Used for more long term problems

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Hurt

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To give pain caused by an injury

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Ache

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Persistent low-level pain

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Stinging

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Sudden, burning pain

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Throbbing

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Beating with pain

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Stiff neck

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Pain and difficulty in moving your neck round

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Twisted her ankle

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Injured by turning it suddenly

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Dizzy

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A feeling that you are spinning round and can’t balance

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Feverish

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With a high temperature/fever

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Shivery

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Shaking slightly, usually because if fever

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Sleepless

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Without sleeping much

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Nauseous

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Feeling that you want to vomit

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Trembling

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Shaking

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Bunged up

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Blocked (informal)

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Get over it

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Get better, recover

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Recovering from

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Getting better, used for more serious illness

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On the mend

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Getting better

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Over the worst

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Past the most difficult period

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Be back on her feet

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Fully healthy again