1. Betegség B1 (25) – altémák

Betegség* (25)

bury verb /ˈber.i/ [T] 1 eltemet vkit (holttestet) (!)

He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.

cough verb /kɒf/ [I] köhög

The smoke made me cough.

I coughed all night long.

ache noun /eɪk/ [C] fájdalom, fájás (tartós)

As you get older, you have all sorts of aches and pains.

I've got an ache in my lower back.

backache noun /ˈbæk.eɪk/ [C or U] hátfájás

I had terrible backache last week.

cancer noun /ˈkænt.sər/ [C or U] rák (betegség) (!)

breast/lung cancer

He died of liver cancer.

cancer of the stomach

a cancer patient

cough noun /kɒf/ [C] köhögés; köhintés

a dry cough

Emily has a nasty cough.

death noun /deθ/ [C or U] halál; halálozás

The disease causes thousands of deaths a year.

Do you believe in life after death?

He never got over the death of his daughter.

death threats

disease noun /dɪˈziːz/ [C or U] betegség

heart disease

a common/rare disease

They reported a sudden outbreak of the disease in the south of the country.

The first symptom of the disease is a very high temperature.

Starvation and disease have killed thousands of refugees.

earache noun /ˈɪər.eɪk/ [C or U] fülfájás

He was suffering from earache.

fever noun /ˈfiː.vər/ 1 láz (betegség) [C or U]

He's got a headache and a high/slight fever.

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.

Kommunikációs szándékok: Fájdalom, kimerültség, szenvedés

2. lecke (A1) – 10. lecke (A2) – 24. lecke (B1) – 51. lecke (B2) – 82. lecke (C1) – 100. lecke (C2)