Expressions with the word two in them

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
condition in which the heart has a
reduced blood supply because one of the
arteries becomes blocked by a blood clot, causing myocardial ischaemia and myocardial
infarction

heart attack

9

An
effect produced by a substance to which a person has an allergy, such as
sneezing or a skin rash.

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2

A substance
given to make someone lose
consciousness so that a major surgical
operation can be carried out

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10

A trial carried
out in a medical laboratory on a person or on tissue from a person.

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3

Soft tissue in
cancellous bone.

____________________________________________

11

A tumour which
is cancerous and can grow
again or spread into other parts of the
body, even if removed surgically.

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4

The treatment
of disease or other condition by surgery.

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12

A doctor who
provides first-line medical
care for all types of illness to people who
live locally, refers them to hospital if
necessary and encourages health
promotion.

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5

Any one of the
first twenty teeth which
develop in children between about six
months and two-and-a-half years of age,
and are replaced by the permanent teeth at
around the age of six.

____________________________________________

13

The rhythm of
daily activities and bodily
processes such as eating, defecating or
sleeping, frequently controlled by
hormones, which repeats every twenty-four
hours.

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6

Surgery to
repair damaged or malformed
parts of the body.

____________________________________________

14

The set of
organs such as the stomach, liver
and pancreas which are associated with the
digestion of food.

____________________________________________

7

A condition in
which the nerves in the brain stem have died, and the person can be certified
as dead, although the heart may not have stopped beating.

____________________________________________

15

A diet that provides
all the nutrients needed in the correct proportions.

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8

The way in
which a doctor behaves towards a patient, especially a patient who is in bed.

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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
tumour

12

general practitioner

13

biological
clock

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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1. B
2. D
3. A
4. F
5. C
6. J
7. H
8. I
9. G
10. E

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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.​

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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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2. A carton of b. cola

3. A box of c. tomatoes

4. A packet of d. yoghurt

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