GENERAL
VOCABULARY
pulses
|
legumbres
|
Peas, lentils, beans, chickpeas, etc; are all
pulses.
|
average
|
media
|
My
golf score is an average of all my game scores.
|
dairy
products
|
lácteos
|
Cheese, milk and
butter are dairy products.
|
hardly,
barely
|
apenas,
casi nada
|
She
hardly eat fruit, even if the doctor has recommended it to her.
|
prescription
|
receta médica
|
If your doctor
thinks you are ill, he will give you a prescription.
|
come
down with the flu/catch a cold
|
coger la gripe/ coger un resfriado
|
People
often say the ‘have come down with the flu’, when, in fact, they have just
caught a cold.
|
to
fight a virus
|
atacar un virus
|
Vitamin C helps the
body fight any virus.
|
wash
cells out/get rid of
|
eliminar,
quedarse sin
|
Your
body then starts to make a fluid to wash the cells out.
|
blow
your nose/runny nose
|
sonarse la nariz
|
Your nose is running
all the time and you have to blow it.
|
blocked
nose
|
nariz
taponada
|
|
junk food
|
comida basura
|
|
nutritious
|
nutritivo
|
|
high
in calories
|
alto en calorías
|
|
low
in fat
|
bajo
en grasas
|
|
crash
diet
|
dieta de choque
|
|
cut
down
|
reducir
el consumo
|
She’s
been feeling much better since she cut down fried food.
|
rely
on / depend on
|
depender de
|
Many developing
countries rely on a few basic crops for food.
|
crop
|
cultivo
|
|
drought
|
sequía
|
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soreness
|
dolor
|
strengthen
(vb) – strength – strong
believe
– belief – believable
science
– scientist – scientific
defend
–defensive – defense
develop
– developing – development
differ –
different – difference
heighten
– high – height
lose –
lost – loss
BIG
BANG THEORY: Series 6 Episode 10 – The Fish Guts Displacement
1.
I
think I’m too sick to go to the
funeral.
2.
Aren’t
you gonna take care of me?
3.
When
you’re feeling better, you’ll think
that’s funny.
4.
I
made a commitment in writing to comfort
you in times like this.
5.
It’s like you’re not even trying to get
better.
6.
Sheldon,
you don’t get over the flu in half
an hour.
7.
Do
you believe in the placebo effect?
8.
It
is really a powerful medication
specifically designed to cure your
illness.
9.
I
still have to put a cold rag (paño)
on your head.
10. Now you’re being a responsible patient.
PHRASAL
VERB GO
go back
[return to a place] – Shall we go back to Spain for our holiday this year?
go down
[become less/lower] – His temperature has suddenly gone down.
go off
[explode] – A bomb went off yesterday evening and destroyed the building.
go on
[happen] – What’s going on there?
go up
[become higher] – Prices have gone up so much lately, haven’t they?
PREPOSITIONS
and EXPRESSIONS:
I argue
with my wife all the time, we never seem to see eye to eye on anything.
‘I can’t
find my pen.’ ‘It’s there, right under
your nose.’
Do tell
us what happened; we are all ears.
When the
fire started, the old lady lost her head
and began screaming.
You will
still have a runny nose, but you’ll soon be as right as rain.
Lucy is in hospital. She’s going to have an
operation. [ingresado]
The last
time I was in the hospital was when
I visited my sick aunt. [de visita]
He complain to the police about a noise his neighbours were making all the time. [quejarse sobre
algo ajeno]
My son
often complains of headaches.
[quejarse sobre algo propio]
He was
seriously ill, but he is now out of danger.
Are you
in pain?
I’ve
been feeling off colour recently.
Don’t
take a medicine on an empty stomach.
