🚑 Hospital English Phrasal Verbs- Let's Learn English about Hospital Words and Phrases

Hello everyone, welcome to the next video in  our phrasal verb challenge series. In today's  

video we are going to learn phrasal verbs you  can use at the hospital. Let's get started!  

The five phrasal verbs we are going to learn  about today are: fill out, come down with,  

swell up, break out, and fight off. So, let's begin with number one.  

The first phrasal verb we will  talk about today is fill out.  

To fill out means to write the needed  information on an official document. So,  

when you go to the hospital, they might give you  some papers you need to fill out. So, for example,  

we see a man filling out a form in this  picture. And if we want to use it in a sentence,  

we might say; “please fill out this medical  history form before you see the doctor.” This  

is probably the first phrasal verb you'll  hear when you go to a hospital; fill out. 

Our second phrasal verb today is; come down with.  To come down with something means to get sick or  

to begin to have an illness of some sort. So,  for example, here we see two unlucky people who  

are coming down with a sickness. So, if we want  to use it in a sentence we could say; “I think  

I’m coming down with the flu, I had better rest.”  So, if you notice that you are starting to feel  

sick you can say, “I think I’m coming down with  something. And this is also something you might  

say to your doctor, “I think I’m coming down  with an illness, may I please have some medicine?

Our third phrasal verb today  is, swell up. To swell up means  

for something to get bigger or to expand  in an abnormal or not normal way. So  

here we see an example of someone's  foot swelling up. So often for example,  

when women are pregnant their feet might swell  up if they are walking around for too long. And  

many other things can swell up. So, for example,  “I am allergic to bees, if I get stung my whole  

face will swell up.” So, if you have anything that  swells up it might be time to go to the hospital.

Our fourth phrasal verb today is break  out. So, to break out means to get a rash  

or some skin irritation. There are many  things that might cause you to break out.  

We also use the term break out to talk about acne  and skin problems like face skin problems, but  

here we're looking at breakout in a more hospital  context. So, to get a rash or skin irritation. So,  

if you use something that makes you break out in a  rash it might make your skin very red or bumpy and  

you might even swell up. So for example, “I put on  a new lotion and it made me break out in a rash.”

Our fifth and last phrasal verb  today about hospitals is; fight off.  

To fight off means to defend against or drive back  an illness. So, maybe you are starting to feel  

sick, but you fight it off and you don't get sick  because you fought it off. Or maybe you do get  

sick, and you try hard to recover quickly so you  fought it off. So, for example right, it's when  

we kind of kick away, fight off an illness. And if  we want to use it in a sentence we could say, “I  

have been fighting off a head cold all week. I’ve  been getting a lot of rest and taking vitamin C.”  

So, if you start to feel a little sick, if you do  things to stop yourself from getting really sick  

and then you don't get sick, it means you  fought off the illness. So, let's review  

our five hospital phrasal verbs today were:  fill out which means to write information on an  

official form like your personal information and  address and so on. Come down with, which means to  

start to get sick. Swell up, which means to get  bigger or expand in an unusual or abnormal way.  

Break out, which means to get some  kind of skin rash or irritation.  

And fight off, which means to defend  yourself against getting sick. Okay, everyone  

that is it for our phrasal verb challenge video  today. I’ll see you in the next video, bye bye.