3.1.2. gy. B1 (példák)

flu noun /fluː/ [U] influenza

a flu virus

I had the flu last week.

heart attack noun /ˈhɑːt.əˌtæk/ [C] szívroham

John had a heart attack three years ago.

illness noun /ˈɪl.nəs/ 1 betegség (testi, lelki) [C]

He died at home after a long illness.

blind adjective /blaɪnd/ vak

She's been blind since birth.

He started to go blind in his sixties.

deaf adjective /def/ süket; nagyothalló

He's been totally/partially deaf since birth.

disabled adjective /dɪˈseɪ.bl̩d/ rokkant, mozgássérült, testi/szellemi fogyatékos

The accident left him severely disabled.

The library does not have disabled access.

mad adjective /mæd/ (madder, maddest) 3 őrült, bolond (szellemi beteg)

I think I must be going mad.

He went mad with grief.

Do I look like some mad old woman in this hat?

painful adjective /ˈpeɪn.fəl/ 1 fájdalmas (fizikailag)

A painful injury forced her to withdraw from the game.

sore adjective /sɔːr/ fájó, fájós, érzékeny

I've got a sore throat.

My feet were sore with all the walking.

All the dust has made my eyes sore.

unhealthy adjective /ʌnˈhel.θi/ egészségtelen (egészségre káros); beteg, beteges (vki); természetellenes

He has a very unhealthy lifestyle.

unwell adjective /ʌnˈwel/ [never before noun] (formal) nincs jól

to feel/look unwell

Phrasal verbs:

complain of sth /kəmˈpleɪn/ panaszkodik vmire (az egészségével kapcsolatban)

She's been complaining of a headache all day.

Phrases and idioms:

be sick hány (okád)

She was sick after she ate too much chocolate.

get cancer/flu, etc. rákot/influenzát/stb. kap

I'm getting another cold.

suffer from sth szenved vmitől/vmiben (vmilyen betegségben)

She suffers from severe depression.

She's been suffering from cancer for two years.