43 Health and symptoms

pick up

(illness) get подцепить, заразиться: Well, yes, it cleared up after a couple of days, but I'd no sooner got over that than I _______ ______ another one.

throw off

(informal) get rid of a slight illness победить, одолеть : Have you managed to __________ _______ that cold you had when we last met?

nod off

(informal) to fall asleep for a short time while you are sitting in a chair or in situations when you did not intend to fall asleep дремать, клевать носом: I was practically _______ ______ in that meeting.

clear up

(of an illness, infection, etc.) to disappear проходить, прошла : Has your rash ______ ____ yet?

flare up

(of illness) returned вспыхнуть снова : My arthritis has ______ _____ again.

break out in

(of sweat, spots, rash) suddenly appears on the skin покрыться (потом, пятнами, сыпью): I keep _______ _____ a sweat.

go around

a lot of people are complaining of this распространяться, передаваться, ходить (о болезни): Don't worry. There's a lot of it __________ ________.

wiped out (informal)

adjective [not before noun] informal extremely tired SYN exhausted обессиленный, измученный I was _______ ___ last night.

heal over (=heal up)

become healthy and normal again зажить, затянуться: It's only just started to ______ ______ and the swelling hasn't gone down yet.

burn out

become so ill or tired that you can't work creatively, because of overwork истощить себя, выгореть, перегореть от нагрузки на работе: Don't work too hard - or you'll __________ ________ before you're 30!

bunged-up

blocked (informal) заложен, не дышит: My nose is completely________.

knock (sb) out

make sb sleep heavily вырубает, усыплять, одурманивать: I'll put you on some tablets to help you sleep. They should ______ you ________.

wear out (informal)

make someone very tired измотать, утомить физически: Going round the shops all day has _________me _____.

take a lot out of (someone)

make you feel very weak: отнимать у кого-то много сил и здоровья This particular bug __________a lot______ ______, so when you begin to feel better, make sure you eat lots of fruit and vegetables to build yourself up.

build yourself up

make yourself stronger: подкрепиться, набраться сил This particular bug takes a lot out of you, so when you begin to feel better, make sure you eat lots of fruit and vegetables to ________ _____ ____.

go down

return to its normal size спадать (об опухоли, отечности): It's only just started to heal up and the swelling hasn't ______ ______ yet.

come off (sth)

stop taking a type of medicine: перестать, бросить Keep taking them for at least a fortnight - you shouldn't _______ _______them until I say so.

washed out

tired, pale and ill (not before noun) выдохшийся, утомленный: What's the matter with Kay? She looks _____________ _________.

drop off

to fall into a light sleep задремать, заснуть: I ______ ____ and missed the end of the film.

pass (sth) on

to give something to someone, after someone else gave it to you заразить кого-то чем-то: Well, I hope you don't ________it ________ to me. I'm feeling bad enough as it is.

do (sb) in

to make someone feel extremely tired укокошить, изнурить, вымотать That walk really _____ me ___.

tire out

to make someone very tired выматывать, уморить The long drive had ______ her ___ and Jenna made her supper and went to bed quite earl

get over

to recover from вылечиться от: Well, yes, it cleared up after a couple of days, but I'd no sooner _______ ___________that than I picked up another one.