Listening Test 3 - Jason Lee Flashcards
Another way to say ‘I was diagnosed…’
I got a diagnosis
Two words for incidence
- lots of (something)
- bouts of (something)
I had two lots of diarrhea
I had two bouts of shingles
Two ways to say a condition is relieved
to settle down
to ease up
My acne settled down last year!
My stomach aches eased up.
to feel exhausted by something
to be knocked flat by something
Long COVID knocked me flat for an entire year.
After a provisional diagnosis is clearer, what do you call it…
definite
definitive
An idiom for managing something difficult
to get to grips with something
I am getting to grips with my OET schedule
an intervention is successful
to work well.
The medication worked well.
The physiotherapy is working well.
The origin of something
In the first place
Avoiding alcohol is the best way not to get a hangover in the first place
a verb for hair loss
to drop out
My hair started to drop out.
An idiom for ‘something caused other things to worsen’
(something) made matters worse
Getting sick when I was already struggling at work made matters worse
To be sent to a specialist
to be referred to (person/place)
I was referred to a mental health nurse
Linking different ideas together in your mind
to join the dots
the final piece of information to solve a puzzle
the final piece of the jigsaw
