2A Illnesses and injuries

Her back hurts - her back aches.

It's 180 over 140. He has high blood pressure.

get better, recover from sth

She was only just getting over the flu when she got a stomach bug. It took him years to get over the shock of his wife dying. It took her months to get over Rupert when he finished the relationship.

When you sneeze, air suddenly comes out through your nose and mouth.

He was stung by a wasp and now he has a rash and has difficulty breathing.

Please lie down on the couch. I'm goint to examine you.

I'd been standing for such a long time that I passed out, and when I came round I was lying on the floor.

I'd been standing for such a long time that I passed out, and when I came round I was lying on the floor.

He has a temperature and he aches all over. He has flu.

Her finger is bleeding. He's cut himself. He's bleeding.

He's twisted his ankle. He fell badly and now it's swollen. If you have a sprained ankle, put ice on it and bandage it.

He spilt some boiling water on himself. He's burnt himself.

a minor cut: put a plaster on it

He ate some prawns that were off. he has food poisoning.

dławić się, krztusić

Children can choke on peanuts. He was eating a steak nad a piece got stuck in his throat. He's choking.

spuchnięty

Her ankle is swollen

She's being sick / She's vomiting A few minutes after drinking the liquid I had to run to the bathroom to throw up.

a painful, raised area of skin with liquid inside, that you get if your skin has been rubbed or burned, or a similar area on a painted surface

mający zawroty głowy, ≈ kręcić się w głowie (adj)

a major cut: have stitches

pochylić się

If someone is choking, you shouldn't lean them backwards.

One of the kids had been pinching her and she was crying.

If you find someone collapsed on the ground, what should you do first?

If someone has fallen and you think they may be have broken their leg, you shouldn't put a bandage on their leg where you think the break is.

Airports use X-ray machines to scan luggage for weapons.

This is a problem espiecially with scare stories and also with some alternative remedies which claim to be miracle cures, but which may actually do you harm.

A few weeks ago I was feeling under the weather.

After examining me she told me that my heart rate was a bit fast.

I probably needed open-heart surgery.

Since my trip to hospital, I have been obsessively checking my pulse.

guz

One in four of all articles thrown up by an internet search for 'headache' suggested a brain tumour as a possible cause.

This is a problem espiecially with scare stories and also with some alternative remedies which claim to be miracle cures, but which may actually do you harm.

The Microsoft study also revealed another serious problem - that online information often doesn't __ between common and very rare conditions.

The Microsoft study also revealed another serious problem - that online information often doesn't discriminate between common and very rare conditions.

Something that is thick is larger than usual between its opposite sides.

to change food in your stomach into substances that your body can use

You need to give me time to digest this report.

The lamp gave out a dim light. He sat in a dim corner of the waiting room. We could see a dim (= not easily seen) shape in the fog.

Before the invention of electricity, people relied on candles or lanterns to read.

The sun was making me drowsy. Some food contain a natural chemical which is known to cause drowsiness.

to make an existing opinion or idea stronger

This belief is often reinforced by the media. a security door reinforced by steel bars