HEALTH
IDIOMS & VERBS
(Matching Exercises) |
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THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE
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100% FITNESS
1-To be as fit as a
.....................................
2-To be bursting with
...............................
3-To be in fine
..........................................
4-To be the ................................ of
health
5-To be as fresh as a
.................................
6-To be safe and ................. (after drama)
7-To be found without a ........... on him/her
(after
being missing)
8-To
be in the ...............................
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daisy
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fettle
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fiddle
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health
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pink
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picture
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scratch
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sound
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AILMENTS
to have:-
1-A dicky ticker (slang)
2-A gammy leg (slang)
3-Housemaid’s knee
(Colloquial)
4-Tennis elbow
(Colloquial)
5-A slipped disc
(Colloquial)
6-An ingrowing toenail
7-Farmers’ lung
(colloquial)
8-Bird fanciers’
disease (colloquial)
9-The trots (slang)
10-The galloping gut
rots (slang)
11-The runs (slang)
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A-a painful area near a
cuticle on your foot
B-a painful joint in the
arm
C-a swollen joint in the
leg
D-a weak heart
E-an upset stomach
F-diarrhoia
G-loose stools
H- pulmonary
fibrosis/chronic lung disease
I-spinal damage
J-to be lame
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NOT FEELING 100%
(Responses to:
How are you?)
1-So ...
2-As well as ...
3-Could be ...
4-Not as well ...
5-Can’t ...
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A... as I would like
B... better
C... can be expected
(under the circumstances)
D... complain, I
suppose.
E... so |
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INFECTIONS,
SYMPTOMS & TREATMENT
Choose which
columns below can be chosen to complete the following:-
1-To be infected with
......................................
2-To complain of
......................................
3-To have
......................................
4-To undergo
...................................... |
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(an
ailment) hayfever
a
virus
a
cold |
B
surgery
an
operation
radio-therapy
chemo-therapy |
C
(a
contagious disease)
measles
diphtheria
typhoid
a
virus |
D
(symptoms)
headache
stomach
ache
giddiness
vomiting |
E
a scan
an x-ray
a blood test
an examination, an injection
a tooth filled
a
tooth removed |
TO BE VERY ILL
1-To be riddled with .................................
2-To be living on borrowed
.................................
3-To be in declining
.................................
4-To have a degenerative .................................
5-To be in a bad
.................................
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cancer
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disease
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health
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time
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way
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TO
HAVE A SECOND CHANCE
1-To
be given a new ..................... of life
2-To
be following a new .................................
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WHEN
RECUPERATING AFTER AN ILLNESS
1-To
....................... (=to rest after illness)
2-To
take it .................................
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convalesce
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easy
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lease
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regime
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TO BE NEAR
DEATH
1-To be at
death’s .................................
2-To be near the
.................................
3-To be wasting
.................................
4-To be about to
................................. it (slang)
5-To be about to meet
one’s ................................. (idiom)
6-To be on one’s last
.................................
7-To be on one’s death .................................
8-To be old and ................................. |
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away
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bed
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croak
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decrepit
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door
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end
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legs
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maker
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DYING
1-To be
beyond .................................
2-To kick the
................................ (slang/disrespectful)
3-To meet one’s
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4-To pass
.................................................
5-To pass
..................................................
6-To go to that great (bakery) in the ............
(railway
station for railworker,
bakery for a baker, etc) |
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away
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bucket
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help
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maker
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on
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sky
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AFTER DEATH
(Important: Do not use the following when
speaking to someone who has been recently bereaved)
1-To be ............................. under
2-To
be ................ up the .............. |
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THE ANSWER KEY
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100% FITNESS
1-To be as fit as a FIDDLE
2-To be bursting with HEALTH
3-To be in fine FETTLE
4-To be the PICTURE of
health
5-To be as fresh as a DAISY
6-To be safe and SOUND (after drama)
7-To
be found without a SCRATCH on him/her (after being missing)
8-To
be in the PINK |
AILMENTS
1-D,
2-J, 3-C, 4-B, 5-I, 6-A, 7-H, 8-H, 9-(FGE), 10-(FGE), 11-(FGE) |
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NOT
FEELING 100%
1-E,
2-C, 3-B, 4-A, 5-D |
INFECTIONS,
SYMPTOMS & TREATMENT
1-To
be infected with ( typhoid, a virus, an
infectious disease, diphtheria, measles, typhoid)
2-To
complain of a cold, a headache, a stomachache, giddiness, vomiting
3-To
have a cold, a virus, a scan, an
x-ray, a blood test, an examination, an injury, vomiting, an operation,
radio therapy, chemo-therapy, measles, diphtheria, a tooth filled, an
examination, an injection, a tooth
removed
4-To
undergo an operation |
TO
BE VERY ILL
1-To be riddled with
CANCER.
2-To be living on borrowed
TIME
3-To be in declining
HEALTH
4-To have a degenerative
DISEASE
5-To be in a bad
WAY
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DYING
1-To be
beyond HELP
2-To kick the
BUCKET (slang/disrespectful)
3-To meet one’s
MAKER
4-To pass
ON
5-To pass
AWAY
6-To go to that great
(bakery) in the SKY
(railway
station for railworker,
bakery for a baker, etc)
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AFTER DEATH
(Important: Do not use the following when
speaking to someone who has been recently bereaved)
1-To be SIX FEET under
2-To
be PUSHING up the DAISIES |
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TO BE NEAR
DEATH
1-To be at
death’s DOOR
2-To be near the
END
3-To be wasting
AWAY
4-To be about to
CROAK it (slang)
5-To be about to meet
one’s MAKER (idiom)
6-To be on one’s last
LEGS
7-To be on one’s death
BED
8-To be old and
DECREPIT
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TO
HAVE A SECOND CHANCE
1-To
be given a new LEASE of life
2-To
be following a new REGIME
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WHEN
RECUPERATING AFTER AN ILLNESS
1-To
RECUPERATE
2-To
take it EASY .
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