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Vocabulary: Illnesses and injuries

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  • This can happen to you if a piece of food gets stuck in your throat.
    You might choke.
  • This can happen if you drop very hor liquid on yourself.
    You burn yourself.
  • Two ways of describing an injury that can happen to your ankle.
    a twisted ankle, a sprained ankle
  • If you cut your finger with a sharp object, it will _________ .
    bleed
  • Something you should put on a small cut.
    a plaster
  • An infectious illness like a very bad cold that causes fever, pain and weakness
    flu
  • A verb and a phrasal verb that mean to become unconscious
    faint, pass out
  • A condition when something you eat or breathe can make you feel ill.
    an allergic reaction
  • You should do this when you feel unwell or tired (phrasal verb, e.g. on a sofa)
    lie down
  • What you should take if you have a headache, e.g. aspirin or paracetamol.
    painkillers
  • When you have a cold you ... (two symptoms)
    sneeze, cough
  • A phrasal verb that means to recover from an illness
    get over an illness
  • something you can get on the beach if you're not careful
    sunburn
  • You might get this if you eat food which is past its sell-by date
    food poisoning
  • Two verbs that mean to be sick.
    vomit, throw up
  • Three parts of your body that we use with 'ache'
    earache, stomach ache, toothache, headache
  • An adjective to describe a part of your body that has got bigger because of an injury.
    a swollen (finger)
  • A phrasal verb that means to become conscious after you've fainted
    come round