| clear up | if a rash or a cold does it, it goes away |
| come out in a rash | when a rash or spots start covering part or all of your body |
| come out of a coma | wake up from a coma |
| come round/come to | to regain consciousness after you have fainted |
| go down with sth | to become ill with sth |
| pass out | to faint, to lose consciousness |
| pull through | survive and recover from a serious illness |
| put sb on sth | to prescribe some medicine to sb |
| put sb on a diet | to tell sb to go on diet |
| put your back out | hurt your back, often because you have tried to lift sth very heavy |
| shake (sth) off | to get rid of sth |
| take a tooth out | remove a tooth |
| wear off | stop having an effect |
| blinding/splitting/thumping headache | very bad headache |
| bug | illness which is easily caught but which is not serious and probably lasts for two or three days |
| a stomach/tummy bug | not serious illness that affects the stomach |
| feel as right as rain | to feel 100% well, after having previously felt ill |
| highly infectious disease | a disease that is very easily passed from one person to another |
| have/suffer a nervous breakdown | to become extremely depressed and unable to cope |
| have (got) poor eyesight | not to be able to see well |
| be hard of hearing | not to be able to hear very well |
| runny nose/ nose is running | katar |
| be seriously ill | to be very ill and probably in hospital as a result |
| shooting pains | sudden sharp pains |
| sore throat | when your throat hurts |
| stinking cold | a very bad cold |
| have a touch of flu | to have some of the symptoms of flu |
| feel a bit under the weather/off-colour | to feel slightly ill |
| have an upset stomach/have a stomach upset | not be able to keep anything in your stomach because you have probably eaten or drunk sth bad |
| alleviate (the) pain/symptoms | to reduce the amount/effect of pain/symptoms (used also with boredoom, problem, anxiety, poverty) |
| contract a disease/illness | to catch/fall ill with a disease; not used with minor illnesses in spoken English |
| give blood | to voluntarily have blood taken form you |
| make a recovery | to recover, to get better |
| make a full recovery | to recover completely |
| nurse sb back to health | help sb get better |
| perform an operation | to operate on sb |
| reduce the swelling | do sth or take some medicine which will return the swollen part of your body back to its normal size |
| regain consciousness | to "wake up" having previously fainted/been unconscius; to come round/to |
| respond to treatment | get better as a result of taking a particular medicine |
| take effect | to start to work (for a medicine, a painkiller, etc.) |
| treat an illness | to try and cure an illness |
| undergo surgery | formal, to have a surgeon operate on you |
| be admitted to hospital | to be taken into hospital |
| be allergic to sth | when your body reacts to something in a negative way |
| be on antibiotics | to be taking antibiotic medicine |
| cure for a disease | a medicine or medical treatment that will get rid of an illness or a disease |
| die of sth | to be dead because of sth |
| be discharged from hospital | to be allowed to leave hospital |
| be in intensive care | to be in a hospital ward where people who are very ill are treated and looked after |
| be on the mend | to be getting better |
| operate on sb | to treat sb by cutting open part of their body and removing or repairing sth |
| get medicine on prescription | when you must have a prescription to get medicine |
| over the counter | when you don't need to have a prescription to buy medicine |
| be rushed to/into hospital | to be taken to hospital very quickly |
| be in good shape | to be fit and healthy |
| be under a lot of stress | to be unable to relax because you're worrying a lot |
| suffer from sth | to have a particular illness or disease |
| be susceptible to sth | to be the kind of person who easily catches a disease or illness |
| hang by a thread | when youre life is..., you're very ill and likely to die |
| take its toll/a heavy toll on | to have a bad effect on |
| enjoy good health | cieszyć się dobrym zdrowiem |
| reduce stress levels | zredukować stres |
| build up your strength | wzmacniać się |
| do plenty of exercise | wykonywać wiele ćwiczeń |
| gentle exercise | łagodne ćwiczenia |
| do sport | uprawiać sport |
| watch what you eat | uważać na to, co się je |
| go on diet | przejść na dietę |
| buil up resistance | wzmacniać odporność |
| serious medical condition | poważny stan zdrowia |
| have an operation | mieć operację |
| course of medication | kuracja, leczenie |
| make a full recovery | całkowicie wyzdrowieć |
| exceed the recommended dose | przekroczyć wskazaną dawkę |
| take an overdose | take too much of a drug |
| side effects | efekty uboczne |
| adverse reactions | reakcje negatywne, niepożądane |
| streaming cold | a heavy cold |
| shake off a cold | get rid of a cold |
| be in poor health | not be very well |
| infectious disease | diseases caught from someone with that disease |
| rare illness/disease | an illnoss that seldom occurs |
| critically ill | extremely/dangerously ill |
| fight for one's life | in danger of dying |
| fall into a coma | become unconscious |
| come out of a coma | regain consciousness |
| massive heart attack | a very serious heart attack |
| untimely/premature death | death at too, early an age |
| sense of achievement | feeling of having succeeded |
| sense of purpose | feeling of having a clear aim |
| sigh of relief | happy feeling that something bad has not happened |
| feel a shiver down one's spine | feeling of excitement (or sometimes fear) |
| surge of adrenalin | a sudden increase in adrenalin |
| burst of energy | a feeling of being full of energy |
| state of euphoria | a feeling of excited happiness |
| sheer bliss | a feeling of calm happiness |
| my heart leapt | moje serce podskoczyło |
| lifelong ambition | życiowy cel, pragnienie |
| dream come true | spełnione marzenie |
| high hopes | wielkie nadzieje |
| go into raptures | express one's extreme pleasure and excitement |
| jump for joy | podskoczyć ze szczęścia |
| dead keen | infml very keen |
| find happiness | odnaleźć w czymś szczęście |
| sth doesn't live up people's expectations | sth isn't as good as expected |
| work to one's advantage | be of benefit to sb |
| pure luck | czyste szczęście |
| cautiously optimistic | powściągliwie optymistyczny |
| take delight in | czerpać przyjemność z (d) |
| profound admiration | głęboki podziw |
| get the recognition one deserves | mieć taką rozpoznawalność, na jaką się zasługuje |
| take pleasure from | formal find great enjoyment in |
| express one's admiration | wyrazić uznanie |
| great pleasure | not BIG pleasure |
| nasty shock | nieprzyjemny, paskudny szok |
| black eye | podbite oko |
| fit of jealousy | przypływ zazdrości |
| sick with worry/worried sick | bardzo się martwić |
| harebrained scheme | crazy plan |
| shatter one's confidence | make sb lose all their confidence |
| take exception to sth | obect to sth, be annoyed by sth |
| sth fills me with dread | sth makes me feel very upset and worried, about sth in the future |
| give vent to one's frustration | express one's feelings of frustration; only with negative feelings |
| admit defeat | accept that one will not succeed |
| bottle up one's feelings | when sb does not express their feelings |
| increase your stress levels | make yourself feel more stressed |
| outpouring of grief | widespread expr. of sadness caused by someone's death |
| in a state of shock | w szoku |
| inconsolable grief | niepocieszony żal -,- |
| hasten one's death | make sb die sooner |
| threat of civil war | widmo wojny domowej |
| hang over the country | wisi nad krajem (widmo wojny domowej) |
| intense dislike | silna awersja |
| lapse of judgement | poor judgement |
| disparaging remark | unpleasant comment |
| fuel fears | make sb feel more afraid |
| retaliate | brać odwet |
| suffer rough treatment | być surowo traktowanym |
| at the hands of | w rękach |
| to be left with little alternative | nie mieć zbyt dużego wyboru |
| hurl insults | rzucać obelgi |
| take a sideswipe at | make a critical remark about one thing while talking about sth else |
| laughable idea | śmieszny pomysł |
| pose a threat | stanowić zagrożenie |
| to be in for a shock | to get a nasty surprise |