Filologia angielska - słownictwo

He's recuperating from his car accident in the hospital.

I'm getting over a bout of the flu.

The risk of suicide among bulimics is high.

When anthrax bacilli enter the body they start to breed.

They administered a serum into me to fight the poison from the snake that bit me.

He sustained several lesions across his face from the car accident.

His appendix ruptured, and had to have an operation

Because of his diabetes he could not eat or drink anything with sugar.

Asthma can be a frightening condition.

His arm will be in a sling until it heals

Older people need as many nutrients as young people

We thought she was through with the worst of the illness, but yesterday she had a relapse.

Secretaries have very sedentary jobs.

He has a prosthetic leg from the war.

Upon jumping into the pond after the long hike, Ted immediately got a cramp in his left calf. She started getting stomach cramps this morning.

The occasional work out in a gymnasium is good for your health.

His excuse about his absence was fairly lame.

How the media can get away with denigrating whoever they want amazes me.

The concept of national identity is considered by some to be somewhat nebulous.

The proposition that Harold Wilson could have been a Russian spy is an arresting one.

Oscar Wilde was famous for his pithy statements such as 'I have nothing to declare but my genius'.

He confounded his guests by telling them all to leave.

Certain newspapers are famous for their scurrilous journalism.

The play we went to see last night was turgid and amateurish.

The newscaster received an award for her coverage of the election. I prefer the rather sober coverage on BBC World to the glitzy showmanship on CNN.

TV and radio stations constantly wrangle for wider coverage. GSM companies often boast of their extensive coverage.

The celebrity came on and delivered a public service announcement aimed at dissuading teenagers from experimenting with drugs.

He cranked up his new Rush CD and immediately blew the left speaker. "Whoops," said he.

In the early 1990s, a satellite dish on almost every balcony was a common phenomenon - to some extent, even a status symbol - in Poland.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this breaking news...

This just in, the government has announced it will scrap its tax-hike plans.

Once he had opened a whole chain of shops, he began to franchise them to individual owners. Private shuttle bus operators compete for the franchise to service new, outlying residential areas.

The storm blew the aerial down and tore a hole in the roof.

The content was so controversial that they were having a hard time signing sponsors. And now, a word from our sponsors...

When their favorite song came on the radio, they all started shouting, "Crank it up!"

At issue these days are the airline bailouts. Are they being fairly administered? Governments have to avoid protectionism, bailouts that cannot work and subsidies just to keep industries alive.

He managed to pick up a barely-used amp at the pawn shop for peanuts.

Our ratings couldn't be better! We're sitting on top of the world! It's not about art, you know. It's all about ratings.

I couldn't afford tickets so I had to settle for the radio sportscast.

The Solidarity newsletter had a circulation of over half a million copies. The half eagle, or fivedollar gold piece, is no longer in circulation. It's out of circulation.

"Świat według Kiepskich" and "13 posterunek" are popular sitcoms on Polish TV.

I can't watch TV with my brother; he's constantly channel surfing. It's drives me up the wall.

This thing's pretty complicated. I don't even know how to adjust the color or brightness! He adjusted the volume on his cell phone so as not disturb others.

Although laws do exist to punish firms engaging in false advertising, many people still feel the phrase "truth in advertising" is an oxymoron, i.e. a contradiction in terms.

She was in the pilot for "Fox Fire Five" but it was cancelled before it even went on the air.

There's going to be a simulcast of the event tonight at 8pm. We were so far from the stage that Sting was just a speck in the distance. At least we could see him on the simulcast screens.

The Gods Must Be Crazy and Woody Allen's Zelig are both hilarious mockumentaries.

Photos of the three of them cavorting on the nude beach appeared in all the tabloids. Tabloids are easy to vilify but somebody must be buying the millions of copies sold.

There was an interesting rockumentary on last night called "Only the Good Die Young". Spinal Tap was both a mockumentary and a rockumentray.

"Who said anything about morality? I'd kill to get a prime-time slot," one producer explained. One of their latenight shows became so popular that the network rescheduled it for prime time.