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alleviate (the) pain/ ymptoms: Take two of these. They'll alleviate the pain. empezar lección
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to reduce the amount/effect of pain/symptoms. [Note: alleviate is also used with boredom, a problem, anxiety, poverty]
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to contract a disease / illness It was during his trip down the Amazonthat he contracted malaria empezar lección
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to catch/fall ill with a disease/illness: not used with minor illnesses in spoken English
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Hospitals are appealing to donors to come forward and give blood. empezar lección
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to voluntarily have blood taken from you so that it can be stored and used for sb else at a later date
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to nurse b back to health: empezar lección
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do sth (put ice on the swelling) or take some medicine which will return the swollen part of your body back to its normal size
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to 'wake up' having previously fainted/ been unconscious; to come round/to
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to get better as a result of taking a particular medicine, etc
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to start to work (for a medicine, a painkiller, an anaesthetic)
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to try and cure an illness
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to have a surgeon operate on you
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to b admitted to hospltal: empezar lección
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to be taken into hospital
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to be allergic to something: empezar lección
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if you areallergic to sth (cats, dust, nuts, etc), your body reacts to it in a negative way - perhaps you start sneezing, or perhaps you get a rash
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to be taking antibiotic medicine
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a medicine or medical treatment that will get rid, of an illness or a disease
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if sb dies of a particular disease/illness, it kills them
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to be discharged from hospital empezar lección
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to be allowed to leave hospital
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to be in a hospital ward where people who are very ill are treated and looked after
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to get medicine on prescription empezar lección
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you must have a prescription to obtain it
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to be rushed to/ into hospital empezar lección
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to be taken to hospital very quickly
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to be under a lot of stress empezar lección
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to be unable to relax because you are worrying a lot
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to have a particular illness or disease
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to be susceptible to something empezar lección
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to be the kind of person who easily catches a disease or illness
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if one's life is hanging by a thread they are very ill and likely to die
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to take Its toll/a heavy toll on Working down the mines for so many years had taken its toll on his health. empezar lección
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