1. Unit 68 What your body does
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2. A. Verbs connected with the
mouth and breathing
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3. A nurse gave the old man artificial
respiration and he started
b__________ again.
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4. A nurse gave the old man artificial
respiration and he started breathing
again.
breathe /bri:ð/ verb (AIR) [I or T]
• breathe – breathed – have breathed
• to move air into and out of the lungs
• It's so airless in here - I can hardly breathe.; The
instructor told us to breathe in deeply and then
breathe out slowly.; I'm sorry if I'm breathing (=
blowing out air containing) garlic fumes all over you!
• Dutch : ademen
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5. If one person y__________ everyone
else seems to start too.
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6. If one person yawns everyone else seems
to start too.
yawn /jɔ:n/ verb
• yawn – yawned – have yawned
• to open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the
lungs and slowly send it out, usually when tired or bored
• I can't stop yawning - I must be tired.
• Dutch : geeuwen
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7. It was so smoky in the room that he
couldn’t stop c__________.
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8. It was so smoky in the room that he
couldn’t stop coughing.
cough /kɒf/ verb
• cough – coughed – coughed
• to force air out of your lungs through your throat with
a short loud sound
• The smoke made me cough.; I coughed all night long.
• Dutch : hoesten, kuchen
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10. Dust often makes me sneeze.
sneeze /sni:z/ verb [I]
• sneeze – sneezed – have sneezed
• When you sneeze, air and often small drops of liquid
suddenly come out of your nose and mouth in a way you
cannot control
• Cats make him sneeze - I think he's allergic to the
fur.
• Dutch : niezen
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11. She s__________ with relief when
she heard the plane had landed
safely.
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12. She sighed with relief when she heard the
plane had landed safely.
sigh /saɪ/ verb [I]
• sigh – sighed – have sighed
• to breathe out slowly and noisily, expressing
tiredness, sadness, pleasure, etc.
• She sighed deeply and sat down.; "I wish he was here, "
she sighed (= she said with a sigh).; If the wind
sighs, it makes a long, soft sound as it moves through
trees.; I lay on my back, listening to the sound of the
wind sighing in the trees.
• Dutch : zuchten
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13. Holding your breath and swallowing
can help you stop h__________.
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14. Holding your breath and swallowing can
help you stop hiccoughing.
hiccough verb (also hiccup (-p- or -pp-) ) /’hɪk.ʌp/ [I]
• hiccough – hiccoughed – have hiccoughed
• to make a loud noise in the throat because of a sudden
uncontrollable tightening of a muscle just below the
chest
• I can't stop hiccoughing/hiccuping - does anyone know a
good cure?
• Dutch : hikken
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15. She s__________ all night with her
mouth wide open.
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16. She snored all night with her mouth wide
open.
snore /snɔ:r/ verb [I]
• snore – snored – have snored
• to breathe in a very noisy way while you are sleeping
• Sometimes my husband snores so loudly, it keeps me
awake at night.; Do you know any cures for snoring?
• Dutch : snurken
Snorer/’snɔ:r.ɚ/ noun [C]
• He's a terrible snorer.
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17. B. Verbs connected with
eating and digestion
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18. He patted the baby’s back to make
it b__________ after its feed.
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19. He patted the baby’s back to make it burp
after its feed.
burp /bɜ:p/ verb
• burp – burped – have burped
• [I] to allow air from the stomach to come out through
the mouth in a noisy way
• [T] to gently rub a baby's back to help air to come out
of its stomach
• Since babies swallow air when they eat, you'll need to
burp them to give them relief.
• Dutch : boeren, een boertje laten
• burp noun [C]
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20. My granny used to say you should
ch__________ every mouthful ten
times.
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21. My granny used to say you should chew
every mouthful ten times.
chew /tʃu:/ verb [I or T]
• chew – chewed – have chewed
• to crush food into smaller, softer pieces with the
teeth so that it can be swallowed
• This meat is difficult to chew.; You don't chew your
food enough - that's why you get indigestion.
• to bite something with your teeth, usually in order to
taste its flavour
• Would you like some gum to chew?; She gave the children
some sweets to chew (on) during the long car journey.;
She sat in the dentist's waiting room, nervously
chewing (at) (= biting) her nails
• Dutch : kauwen
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22. It’s embarrassing if your stomach
r__________ during an interview.
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23. It’s embarrassing if your stomach rumbles
during an interview.
rumble /’rʌm.bl ̩/ verb (SOUND) [I]
• rumble – rumbled – have rumbled
• to make a continuous low sound
• Please excuse my stomach rumbling - I haven't eaten all
day.; The tanks rumbled (= moved slowly, making a
continuous noise) across the battlefield.
• Dutch : rommelen
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24. Take a drink of water to help you
s__________ the pills.
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25. Take a drink of water to help you swallow
the pills.
swallow /’swɒl.əʊ/ verb (THROAT)
• swallow – swallowed – have swallowed
• [I or T] to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from
your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles of
your throat, or to use the muscles of your throat as if
doing this
• My throat is so sore that it really hurts when I
swallow.; He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed
it whole.
• Dutch : slikken, inslikken
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26. Sometimes in an aeroplane, you are
given a sweet to s__________ - it
can stop your ears popping!
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27. Sometimes in an aeroplane, you are given
a sweet to suck - it can stop your ears
popping!
suck /sʌk/ verb (PULL IN)
• suck sucked have sucked
• [I or T] to pull in liquid or air through your mouth
without using your teeth, or to move the tongue and
muscles of the mouth around something inside your
mouth, often in order to dissolve it
• She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a
straw.; I sucked my thumb until I was seven.; I tried
sucking (on) a mint to stop myself coughing.
• Dutch : zuigen
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29. The cat licked the bowl clean.
lick /lɪk/ verb (MOVE TONGUE)
• lick – licked – have licked
• [T] to move the tongue across the surface of something
• He licked the chocolate off his fingers.; She licked
the stamps and stuck them on the parcel.
• Dutch : likken
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30. Don’t b__________ that hard sweet –
you’ll hurt your teeth.
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31. Don’t bite that hard sweet – you’ll hurt
your teeth.
bite /baɪt/ verb (USE TEETH)
• bite – bit – have bitten
• [I or T] to use your teeth to cut into something or
someone
• He bit into the apple.: An insect bit me on the arm.;
He bites his fingernails.
• Dutch : bijten
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32. C. Verbs connected with the
eyes and face
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33. She b__________ several times to
try and get the dust out of her
eye.
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34. She blinked several times to try and get
the dust out of her eye.
blink /blɪŋk/ verb
• blink – blinked – have blinked
• [I or T] When you blink, you close and then open your
eyes quickly once or several times, and when an eye
blinks, it does this
• You've got something in your eye - try blinking a few
times.
• [I] literary If a light blinks, it flashes on and off.
• Dutch : knipperen
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35. He w__________ at me across the
room to try to make me laugh.
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36. He winked at me across the room to try to
make me laugh.
wink /wɪŋk/ v [I] verb
• wink – winked – have winked
• to close one eye for a short time as a way of greeting
someone or showing friendliness, sexual interest, etc.,
or of showing that you are not serious about something
you have said
• She winked at me as he turned his back.; For a moment I
thought he was being serious, but then he winked at me.
• Dutch : knipogen
• When lights wink, they keep flashing on and off quickly
• Reflected in the water, the lights winked at us from
the other side of the lake. ; The light was winking on
the answering machine.
• Dutch : knipperen
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37. Why are you f__________? What’s the
problem?
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38. Why are you frowning? What’s the problem?
frown /fraʊn/ verb [I]
• frown – frowned – have frowned
• to bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines
on your face above your eyes to show that you are
annoyed or worried
• She frowned at me, clearly annoyed.; He frowned as he
read the instructions, as if puzzled.
• Dutch : je wenkbrauwen fronsen
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39. She was so delighted with the
present that she g__________ from
ear to ear.
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40. She was so delighted with the present
that she grinned from ear to ear.
grin /grɪn/ verb [I]
• grin – grinned – have grinned
• to smile a wide smile
• He grinned at me from the doorway.; What are you
grinning about?
• Dutch : grijnzen
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41. He b__________ with embarrassment
when she smiled at him.
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42. He blushed with embarrassment when she
smiled at him.
blush /blʌʃ/ verb [I]
• blush – blushed – have blushed
• to become pink in the face, usually from embarrassment
• I always blush when I speak in public.; I blush to
think of what a fool I made of myself.
• Dutch : blozen
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44. When it’s hot you
s__________/p__________.
(p__________ is more formal).
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45. When it’s hot you sweat/perspire.
(perspire is more formal).
seat /swet/ verb [I]
• sweat – sweated – have sweated
• to pass a salty colourless liquid through the skin
because you are hot, ill or frightened
• It was so hot when we arrived in Tripoli that we
started to sweat as soon as we got off the plane.; The
prisoners were sweating with fear.
perspire /pɚ:’spaɪɚ/ /pə:’spaɪər/ verb [I]
• perspire – perspired – have perspired
• formal or polite word for sweat (= to pass liquid
through the skin)
• He was perspiring in his thick woollen suit.; The
journalists and camera crews began to perspire in the
heat as they stood waiting for the president to appear.
• Dutch : transpireren
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46. My hands t__________ when I’ve been
drinking too much coffee.
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47. My hands tremble when I’ve been drinking
too much coffee.
tremble /trem.bl ̩/ verb [I]
• tremble – trembled – have trembled
• to shake slightly, usually because you are cold,
frightened, or very emotional
• When he came out of the water, he was trembling with
cold.; Her bottom lip trembled and tears welled up in
her eyes.; His voice started to tremble and I thought
he was going to cry.
• Dutch : trillen, beven
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48. Look at him! He’s so cold that he’s
sh_________!
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49. Look at him! He’s so cold that he’s
shivering!
shiver /’ʃɪv.ə//-ɚr/ verb [I]
• shiver – shivered – have shivered
• When people or animals shiver, they shake slightly
because they feel cold, ill or frightened
• The poor dog - it's shivering!; He shivered with cold
in his thin cotton shirt.
• Dutch : bibberen, sidderen
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50. She laughed so much that her whole
body sh__________.
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51. She laughed so much that her whole body
shook.
shake /ʃeɪk/ verb (MOVE)
• shake – shook – have shaken
• [I] If you are shaking, your body makes quick short
movements, or you feel as if it is doing so, because
you are frightened or nervous
• She was shaking as she opened the letter.; Her voice
shook as she spoke about the person who attacked her.;
I was shaking in my shoes/boots (= very nervous) about
having to tell Dad what I'd done.; I was shaking like a
leaf/ UK like a jelly (= very nervous) before my exam.
• Dutch : schudden, schokken, beven, trillen
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