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Fit for Life - U7
Upstream Advanced - C1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| diagnose | to identify an illness |
| gloomy | depressed |
| sovereign | supreme |
| utter | to say |
| vein | a thin tube in one's body through which the blood flows towards the heart |
| smallpox | a serious infectious disease which causes spots that leave deep marks on the skin |
| undertake | to agree or promise to do sth |
| dispel | to make a feeling or belief disappear |
| propel | to cause sth to move in a particular direction |
| artery | a tube in one's body that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body |
| puzzled | confused |
| riddle | a puzzle that people have been unsuccessfully trying to understand |
| debunk | to show that sth is less important or not as good as it has been made to appear |
| misconception | an idea that is not correct, a fallacy |
| footing | the basis on which sth is established or organised |
| country-lore | local, traditional knowledge concerning a particular subject, usually transmitted orally |
| cowpox | a disease of cattle |
| dairymaid | a woman who works in a place where milk products are made |
| scalpel | a knife with a short thin sharp blade used by surgeons during operations |
| cell | the smallest basic unit of a plant or animal |
| dead end | sth that does not lead to further development |
| mould | a fine soft substance like fur that forms on stale food or on objects left in warm wet air |
| receive credit for sth | to be praised for sth |
| fungus | any of various types of organisms which obtain their food from decaying material or other living things |
| bark | tough material that covers the outside of a tree |
| dilation | becoming wider |
| stroke | a sudden illness in the brain that is caused when a blood vessel bursts or becomes blocked |
| heart attack | a sudden illness in which the heart beats irregularly causing great pain and sometimes death |
| eardrum | the thin piece of tightly stretched skin inside the ear which vibrates when sound waves reach it |
| airway | the passage from the nose and mouth down to the lungs through which air enters and leaves the body |
| skull | the bony part of the head which encloses the brain |
| incisor | a tooth at the front of the mouth which is used for biting into food |
| collarbone | the bone which runs from the throat to the shoulder |
| spine | the row of bones down the back |
| breastbone | the long bone which goes from the throat to the bottom of the ribs and to which the ribs are attached |
| ribcage | the structure of ribs around the chest |
| kneecap | the bone at the front of the knee |
| shin | the front part of the leg between the knee and the ankle |
| wheeze | to breathe with difficulty and make a whistling noise |
| yawn | to open the mouth very wide and breathe in more air than usual |
| throb | to feel a series of strong and painful beats in a part of the body |
| blink | to close the eyes and open them quickly |
| trigger | cause, prompt |
| jaw | lower part of the face below the mouth |
| conspiracy | plot/scheme |
| clarified | corrected |
| suspicion | doubt/mist |
| officiated | referred |
| lucrative | profitable |
| gasped | panted |
| feud | dispute |
| finale | conclusion |
| mixed | conflicting |
| profound | deep |
| exhilarated | happy and excited |
| pacemaker | a device that regulates the heartbeat in cardiac patients |
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