VOCABULARY to go/come down with sth - tu: zachorować na coś to fight it off - zwalczyć coś, pozbyć się czegoś to feel - czuć, czuć się temperature - temperatura headache - ból głowy I've got a sore throat - boli mnie gardło flu - grypa poor Matt is not very well - biedny Matt źle się czuje programme - program professional - zawodowiec, profesjonalista to try - próbować to let - pozwalać to get ill - zachorować nephew - bratanek, siostrzeniec chicken pox - ospa wietrzna migraine - migrena to lie down - położyć się in the dark - tu: w ciemności, w zaciemnionym miejscu to be determined - być zdecydowanym, zdeterminowanym

Lesson 11
To go down with, to fight it off


VICKI: Hey, Matt, are you feeling OK? I don't think you're looking too well today. Are you okay?
MATT: Am I okay? No, not really. I've got a temperature, a headache, and a sore throat…I think I'm going down with something.
VICKI: Oh dear…I'd say you're going down with the flu!

VICKI: So poor Matt is not very well.
MATT: Yes, I think I'm going down with the flu. But I've got to fight it off, Vicki! We've got a programme to do.
VICKI: What a professional, trying not to let yourself get ill, trying to fight it off.

Examples:

to go down with: My little nephew's just gone down with chicken pox.

to fight off: I'm trying to fight off a migraine - I need to lie down in the dark.

Exercises:

to come down with: I think I'm coming down with the flu.

to fight it off: He was determined to fight off his cold.

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