Expressions Related to Sickness

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Welcome to another episode of RealLife TV.

I'm Justin and today I'm going to teach you 30 expressions and words dealing with sickness,

so stay tuned.

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Ok, there are many expressions dealing with sickness, and we always want to know how to

express ourselves, because sometimes it's really important.

So, you can not be feeling well, and say "I'm not feeling well," you can be feeling crook,

this is like an Australian expression, you can be under the weather, you can be sick

as a dog, which is really, really sick, and if you're sick as a dog, sometimes you want

to call in sick. You call in sick, and you might say "I'm indisposed," "I'm not able

to really go to work today, or really show up."

So, this happens usually when you, maybe when you catch the flu, which is more severe, you

might have the fever, which is really, you get temperature up here.

If you get a cold, that's a little bit less severe.

But remember, it's have a cold and have the flu.

So, when you have the flu, your body aches. But it's not your normal pain, it's a pain

that pulsates, that throbs.

So, there are different types of aches. You can have a body ache, but also a headache,

you can have a stomachache, a tooth ache, a backache. And, if your heart is broken,

you can have a heartache, too.

So, other kinds of symptoms, when you're sick, you have a stuffy nose, when you can't breathe

and your nose is all stuffy. You can have a runny nose, when it's coming out of your

nose there. You can have, this is also called the sniffles. So, runny nose is called the

sniffles.

Or you can have a sore throat, your throat hurts. You can have a fever, you can have

diarrhea, which is like, when you get sick and you need to go to the bathroom all the

time, number 2. This is also called to have the runs.

You can be dizzy, as well. Sometimes, when you have the flu, you get really dizzy. And

when you drink too much, you can be hungover.

And, finally, some verbs to express things that you do when you're sick.

You have to blow your nose with the handkerchief, you cough, you sneeze, you vomit, you throw

up and you puke. Vomit is probably the best word, or throw up. Puke is a little bit more

strong of a word.

But there you have it, 30 expressions dealing with sickness.

So, next time you're sick, you'll know how to talk about it.

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