high temperature – when body temperature is high than the average body temperature ranges
of 97°F (36.1°C) to 99°F (37.2°C); often a symptom of illness.
- When I was young, my mother only believed my story of feeling ill and not going being well
enough to go to school if I had a high temperature.
to be sick / to vomit / to throw up – when the contents of the stomach are expelled through the
mouth.
- Camilla’s two-year-old son ate six pieces of cake when she wasn’t looking and as then sick all
over the kitchen floor.
- Jared drank far too much at the party and threw up on the way home.
diarrhoea – a condition where the body’s solid waste matter becomes more liquid than normal and
is discharged from the body more often.
- Diarrhoea is considered a minor complaint in the developed world but in the developing world,
around 1.5 million children a year dies of it mainly due to unsafe drinking water, inadequate
sanitation and poor hygiene.
splitting headache – a continuous severe pain in the head.
- After a day of intense meetings with the boss and senior managers, Brigit went home with
a splitting headache.
to pull a muscle – to overstretch or tear a muscle causing pain.
- Anatoly was favourite to win the 100 metres but fell to the ground in pain after pulling a
muscle before reaching the finish line.
cuts and bruises – minor injuries. With cuts, the skin is torn but with bruises, it is not.
- Lucy got knocked off her bike cycling to work today and was lucky to get away with just cuts and
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