CHECK YOUR ENGLISH FOR MEDICINE
3. TWO-WORD EXPRESSIONS
Make 15 two-word expressions connected
with medicine by combining words from the two lists: A and B. Match each
expression with the appropriate phrase. Use each word once. The first one has
been done for you as an example.
A |
B |
|
allergic |
anaesthetic |
|
alanced |
attack |
|
bedside |
clock |
|
biological |
death |
|
bone |
diet |
|
brain |
intervention |
|
clinical |
manner |
|
digestive |
marrow |
|
general |
practitioner |
|
general |
reaction |
|
heart |
surgery |
|
malignant |
system |
|
plastic |
tooth |
|
primary |
trial |
|
surgical |
tumour |
1 |
A heart attack |
9 |
An ____________________________________________ |
2 |
A substance ____________________________________________ |
10 |
A trial carried ____________________________________________ |
3 |
Soft tissue in ____________________________________________ |
11 |
A tumour which ____________________________________________ |
4 |
The treatment ____________________________________________ |
12 |
A doctor who ____________________________________________ |
5 |
Any one of the ____________________________________________ |
13 |
The rhythm of ____________________________________________ |
6 |
Surgery to ____________________________________________ |
14 |
The set of ____________________________________________ |
7 |
A condition in ____________________________________________ |
15 |
A diet that provides ____________________________________________ |
8 |
The way in ____________________________________________ |
ANSWER
KEY
1 |
heart attack |
2 |
general anaesthetic |
3 |
bone marrow |
4 |
surgical intervention |
5 |
primary tooth |
6 |
plastic surgery |
7 |
brain death |
8 |
bedside manner |
9 |
allergic reaction |
10 |
clinical trial |
11 |
malignant |
12 |
general practitioner |
13 |
biological |
14 |
digestive system |
15 |
balanced diet |
In spoken English, we often use two-word phrases, such as “bye-bye”. Here are 15 of the most common two word phrases, with more in the quiz below.
so-so = OK: “How was the meeting?” “So-so – it was nice to see everyone, but we didn’t get anything decided.”
on-off = not constant: “They have a very on-off relationship.”
love-hate = having feelings for someone / something which swing from love to hate: “I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with my car.”
mish-mash = when things are combined together and so appear untidy: “The new policy is a bit of a mish-mash of the last two policies we’ve had.”
riff-raff = quite a ‘snobby’ expression to describe people you think are lower in class than you: “Lets send out invitations for the party. We don’t want the town’s riff-raff turning up and eating all the food.”
chit-chat = small talk or unimportant conversation: “He asked us to stop our chit-chat and get on with our work.”
knick-knack = an ornament: “She’s got a lot of knick-knacks – I’m always afraid I’m going to break one.”
ship-shape = everything in its right place: “I want to leave the place ship-shape when we go on holiday.”
zig-zag = diagonally: “He lost control of the car and it zig-zagged across the road.”
ding-dong = an argument: “They’ve had a bit of a ding-dong and they’re not talking to each other at the moment.”
higgledy-piggledy = in a mess: “That bookshelf is all higgledy-piggledy!”
wishy-washy = weak opinion, argument or person: “His argument is a bit wishy-washy – I don’t get the impression that he really knows what he wants to think.”
easy-peasey = something that children often say to emphasise how easy something is: “This program is easy-peasey – I understood it in half an hour!”
flip-flops = rubber sandals with a thong that goes between your big and second toe: “I lived in my flip-flops when I was staying on the beach.”
see-saw = something that goes up and down (like the piece of wood in a playground – a child sits on each end and these ends go up an down): “The English pound has see-sawed against the American dollar for the last two weeks.”
Two-Word Phrases
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2. Визначити рядок, у якому в усіх прислівниках у кінці вживається і.
A Навпереваг.., навперейм.., навпомацьк.., навприсядк…
Б Навскок.., супрот.., вширшк.., потайк..
в Нараз.., навхільц.., нарівн.., ополуноч..
гнізвідк.., наскільк.., навпак.., лежач.
3. Визначити рядок, у якому прислівники без не не вживаються.
A Неабияк, недаром, невибагливо, негожс.
БНедавно, нетерпляче, неслухняно, нетепло.
в Несамохіть, небагато, нескучно, нехолодно.
гневідь-як, невмисно, незабаром, нещодавно.
4. Визначити рядок, у якому всі прислівники пишуться разом.
А Від/тепер, на/далі, з/висока, на/двоє.
Б По/двоє, по/іншому, в/цуому, аби/хто.
в Без/відома, насміх, до/речі, в/основному.
гдесь/то, по/суті, з/болю, увісні.
5. Визначити речення, у яких усі прислівники пишуться через де-
фіс.
A Степан розпитував вряди/годи в перехожих дорогу (В. Підмогиль-
ний).
Бc/переду Дніпро мов спинився в несподіваній затоці, оточе-
ний право/руч, ліворуч зелено-жовтими персдосінніми берегами
(В. Підмогильний).
в Чорне море хмар наче в/останнє висить між небом і землею (О. Ту-
рянський).
ГВесілля справляли по/старосвітському (Ю. Яновський).
6. Визначити рядок, у якому від усіх прикметників утворюються при-
слівники на е.
A Слухняний, глухий, вільний, лячний.
Б Нетерплячий, хороший, блискучий, добрячий.
в Квапливий, мокрий, новий, недавній.
гНизький, поголовний, палкий, прудкий.
say bad things about a person | to badmouth somebody |
say something that hurts a person’s feelings and later regret | to put one’s foot in one’s mouth |
feel sad for saying the wrong thing | to feel down in the mouth |
to falsely claim another person | to put one’s words in one’s mouth |
to hear about smth from other people | to get information through word of mouth |
to hear about smth through government-run media | to get information through a mouthpiece |
say the same thing that another person was going to say | take the words right out of one’s mouth |
a bad or unpleasant experience with another person | an experience which leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth |
had a very frightening experience | to have one’s heart in one’s mouth |
be born into a very rich family | be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth |
be very poor | live from hand to mouth |
a child who says bad things | a mouthy child |
to punish the child for saying bad things | to stop mouthing off |
to talk too long | to run one’s mouth long |
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