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Medical Scıences 6

Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss the questions in pairs or groups.
1. Do you know any idioms in English which mean “I feel well”?
2. Do you know any idioms in English which mean “I don’t feel well”?
3. Do you know any idioms in English which mean “he died”?
4. Are there idioms for these phrases in your language? Can they be translated into English?

B. Choose the correct meaning of the idioms.

1. She feels under the weather. 5. She’s back on her feet.
a) She feels well. a) She is ill again.
b) She feels ill. b) She is well again.
6. He’s fit as a fiddle.
2. They are dropping like flies.
a) Many people are dying or getting ill. a) He’s healthy.
b) Many people are being born. b) He’s unhealthy.
7. She’s at death’s door.
3. He’s in bad shape.
a) He is sick, wounded or unhealthy. a) She is likely to die soon.
b) He is too short, tall, thin or fat. b) She survived a near death experience.
8. He’s on his last legs.
4. She met her maker.
a) He is very old and may die soon.
a) She died. b) He needs one more medical treatment.
b) She visited her mother.

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