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 | |