A common illness which makes you sneeze and makes your nose produce liquid
Cold (I've got a cold.)
To cause pain
Hurt (Simon hurt his knee playing football.)
One of the two parts of your body where your arms join your neck
Shoulder (I rested my head on her shoulder.)
Begin to suffer from a specified illness
Coming down with (I came down with influenza.)
Painful, especially when touched
Sore (I've got a sore throat.)
When you cough or an illness that makes you cough
Cough (A dry cough)
One of the two organs inside your chest that are used for breathing
Lung (Lung cancer)
There is a virus or flu in that area and people are getting sick from it
A bug going round (Everyone seems to be getting ill! I think there is a bug going round.)
The middle part of your leg where it bends
Knee (A knee injury)
To feel ill
Under the weather (I'm feeling a bit under the weather - I think I'm getting a cold.)
To cause physical or emotional pain
Killing me (I need to sit down, my feet are killing me!)
One of many pieces of tissue in the body that are connected to bones and which produce movement by becoming longer or shorter
Muscle (Neck/back/leg/stomach muscles)
The outer layer of a person or animal's body
Skin (Dark/fair skin)
Causing physical pain
Painful (A painful injury forced her to withdraw from the game.)
A very bad pain in your head splitting
Headache (I've got a splitting headache.)
Improving or recovering in health or condition
On the mend (The economy is on the mend)
The large soft piece of flesh in the mouth which you can move and which you use for tasting, speaking, etc.
Tongue (I burnt my tongue on some soup last night.)
Well enough after an illness or injury to walk about
On my feet (We'll have you back on your feet in no time)
To telephone the place where you work and report that you are sick and unable to work
Call in sick (Three people called in sick this morning.)
To hurt a person, animal or part of your body
Injure (The player got injured.)
Pain in your back
Backache (I had terrible backache last week.)
The part in the middle of your arm where it bends
Elbow (Her arm was bandaged from the elbow to the fingers.)
An unpleasant physical feeling caused by an injury or illness
Pain (Chest/stomach pains)
The joint between the foot and the leg, or the thin part of the leg just above the foot
Ankle (I fell over and sprained/twisted my ankle.)
One of the hard pieces that make the structure inside a human or animal
Bone (Human/animal bones)
The part of the body between the hand and the arm
Wrist (I sprained my wrist playing squash.)