The Human Body | General Flashcards
It‘s human to make mistakes.
menselijk
Every human being wants to be happy.
mens
Your lungs and heart are in your chest.
borstkas
A woman has two breasts.
borsten
I can hardly speak; I have something in my throat.
keel
I feel a pain in my shoulder.
schouder
My knee was so painful that I couldn’t walk.
pijnlijk
I could not walk *because of *my painful knee.
vanwege
When I breathe, I feel a pain in my chest. [brieth]
ademhalen
After all that running I have no breath left. [breth]
adem
It isn’t wise to swim on a full stomach. [stummik]
maag
Too much alcohol is bad for your liver.
lever
Too much sunshine is bad for a sensitive skin.
gevoelige huid
The opposite of ‘sensitive’ is insensitive.
ongevoelig
He has very strong muscles.
spieren
I can’t write because I’ve broken my wrist.
pols
The bone was broken in two places.
bot - gebroken
My brother hurt his back when he fell.
rug
When I move my knee, it hurts.
pijn doen
Every movement hurts.
beweging
A finger has a nail.
nagel
Is a man’s skull bigger than a woman’s skull?
schedel
When you think, you use your brains.
hersens
He went to the hairdresser to have a haircut.
kapper - knipbeurt
He shook his head. (shake - shook - shaken)
schudden
cousins
neven en nichten (kinderen van je oom en tante)
nephew and niece
neef en nicht (kinderen van je broer of zus)
toddler
kleuter
oudere mensen
elderly people
de oudste in een gezin/klas etc.
the eldest
sibling
een broer of zus
