ESL Podcast 391 - Traveling and Medical Needs
straight - consecutive; without stopping; without interruption
Inez practiced playing the clarinet for three hours straight yesterday!
blister - a small part of one's skin that is higher than usual and filled with liquid, usually created because one was doing an activity where something rubbed against that skin many times
Orlando got a blister on his hand from playing tennis yesterday.
bruise - a temporary, dark spot on one's skin, usually caused by being hit or by falling
Jin has a bruise on his hip because he accidentally hit it against the car door.
band-aid - a small piece of paper or plastic that has cotton padding and is sticky on one side, used to cover a cut in one's skin so that it heals more quickly
The doctor put a band-aid on the child's arm after giving her an injection.
sunscreen - a cream or lotion that is rubbed into one's skin to protect it from sun damage so that the skin does not burn
When I'm swimming outdoors, I need to put on more sunscreen every hour.
sunburned - having a burn on one's skin from the sun; having painful, red skin from being in the sun for too much time
People with red hair and green eyes get sunburned much more easily than people with black hair and brown eyes.
to peel - to come off in small, thin pieces; to fall off in thin pieces
The paint is peeling off the walls in the bathroom.
stomachache - a dull pain in one's stomach that lasts for a long period of time
My mother said to us, "You're going to get a stomachache if you eat that whole bag of candy!"
street vendor - a person who sells something, especially food, on the street instead of in a restaurant or store
Businesspeople in New York City who don't have very much time to eat lunch sometimes buy hot dogs from street vendors.
irritated - painful; uncomfortable; sore
Their eyes became red and irritated when they stood near the smoke from the fire.
diarrhea - a condition where the solid waste from one's body temporarily comes out very wet and very frequently
The tour guide told us that we might get diarrhea if we drink unclean water.
salmonella - a bacteria found in uncooked eggs and chicken that makes people sick if they eat it
Everyone who ate the chicken salad got sick from salmonella.
food poisoning - a condition where a person is temporarily sick from eating uncooked or unclean food
Bobby was vomiting from food poisoning all day yesterday.
to suffer - to experience pain, discomfort, or a difficult or sad situation
Harriet suffers from allergies in the summer.
Will miracles never cease? - a phrase used to show that one doesn't believe that something will happen, or that it is very unlikely and extremely surprising
Eleodoro normally isn't a very good student, but he got 100 percent on his math test yesterday. Will miracles never cease?