What do you think they mean?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 501.

Ex.30 The following expressions were used in the conversations with the doctor.

Idiomatic expressions

Ex.29 Listen and respond to the prompts

A B

Ex.28 Listen to the sentences with the multi-word verbs in A. Match the verbs in A with the definitions in B.

Ex. 27 Listen to the four patients talking to the doctor. Make notes about each of them under the headings below

PATIENT SYMPTOMS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT

Mr Rich Brown

Ms Teresa Green

Mrs Lily White

Mr Ivor Rose

1 to get over something a. to increase in weight or size

2 to come/go down with something b. to recover from an illness, shock or surprise

3 to get through an amount of something c. to develop the symptoms of an illness or a disease

4 to pick something up d. to use a quantity of sth such as food or money

5 to cut something out e. to reduce sth, to consume less of sth

6 to put on an amount of something f. to develop an interest in sth as a hobby or profession

7 to take something up g. to recover consciousness

8 to cut down (on) (something) h. to stop doing/using sth

9 to pass out i. to catch an illness

10 to come round j. to faint, to lose consciousness for a short time because of lack of r food or air

1. That's easier said than done. 5 to be/feel worn out

2 to feel off colour 6 to be/feel run down

3 to burn the candle at both ends 7 to feel under the weather

4 to take it easy 8 to feel as right as rain