UNIT 4

VOCABULARY

PHRASAL VERBS

CHEER UP: To make someone feel happier.

CUT DOWN: To reduce the amount of something.

FACE UP TO: To accept that a dfficult situation exists.

 ACHES AND PAINS

ACHING MUSCLES: Pain in the muscles.

BRUISED: to injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin but causing a discolored spot to develop.

ITCH: to have or feel a tingling irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected.

SORE: physically painful or sensitive, such as a wound or diseased part.

SPAINED: to overstrain or twist (the ligaments around a joint) so as to injure without a fracture or break.

SWOLLEN: made large by or as if by swelling.