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Tuesday, 9 November 2010

points on health, fitness,etc

-If you are eating unhealthily, are undernourished(=badly or insufficiently fed,) etc , your HAIR can: look lifeless, lose its sheen, look dull.......women often complain about having "a bad-hair day!" 




-ache /eIk/ only compounds possible are headache, backache,earache, toothache, and ALL the informal  synonyms of stomachache: belly ache, tummyache, gutsache 


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-Check: blood pressure    tension=tension, but with blood, NOT


-I am allergic to pollen  = I have an  ALLERGY TO POLLEN
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To get up zombie (= halfasleep) Zombie is too informal for exams



-Avoid brusque and sudden movements in pregnancy, etc
In pregnancy she had an unexpected craving for oysters in strawberry sauce


-To deal with a situation, =be able to manage it, respond adequately to it (approx=poder con)
he's INSANE,a
case of INSANITY


-remember: insane is a false friend,, =mad SANITY=mental health, sane =mentally healthy,=cuerdo




















































































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