+ about people's ideas about the origins of the universe
+ that What do you think of the idea that our lives are controlled by the stars?
good at thinking of new ideas
creative /krieitiv, [adj] someone who is creative is good at thinking of new ideas, designs, or ways of doing things, especially in art, music, literature etc: Tarantino is one of Hollywood's most creative directors.
fail of ideas /,ful av ai'diaz/ informal someone who is full of ideas has a lot of good new ideas and wants to tell other people about them: Roy was full of ideas for the new show.
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ill /жZ/ [adj not before noun] someone who is ill has an illness or does not feel welclass="underline" You look really ill. I'm going to call the doctor. I I was so ill I had to stay in bed for three months.
feel ill I felt HI for с week after I got back from Bolivia.
Don't use ill about part of your body. Don't say 'my head is ill' or 'my stomach is ill'. Say I have a headache/a stomach ache. See also PAIN.
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seriously ill (=very ill) His wife is seri ous!y ill - they think it's cancer, critically ill (=so ill that you may die) be taken ill (=suddenly become ill) She was taken ill the day after her tenth birthday.
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Don't say 'more ill' or 'iller'. Say worse: The next morning she was even worse.
Sick /silt/ [adj\ ilclass="underline" Where's Sheila? Is she sick? I She had spent months looking after her sick mother, get sick If you take vitamin С every day. it helps to stop you from getting sick, be off sick (=not at work or school because of illness) Lesley's o//sick today, sick pay (=money you get from your employer when you cannot work because
of illness)
the sick (=people who are sick) At that time there were no state benefits for the old and the sick.
A Don't use sick about part of your body. Don't say 'my leg is sick' or 'my head is sick'. See PAIN.
Qnot very well /.not veri wei/ especially spoken ili, but not seriously ilclass="underline"
Sarah's not very well - she has a throat infection.
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to become healthy again after being ill
get better /get 'bet9r/ if you get better,
you become healthy again after an illness, operation, or injury; if a pain or an injury gets better, it stops hurting and you feel healthy again: If you don't get better by tomorrow you d better go to the doctor. I Did your headache get better after you
took those pills?
Recover is more formal than get better, and is used especially about serious illnesses or injuries.
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recover т1'кл\эг [v I] to become healthy again after a serious illness, operation, or injury: Surui'uors of the pre are recovering in the city hospital. + /rom My father never really recovered from his first heart attack.
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get well soon /.get wei su:n/you say or write this to someone who is ill, to tell them that you hope they will soon get better: Get well soon - we all miss youI
someone who is ill
patient /'peipnt [n C] someone who is looked after by a doctor or nurse because they are ilclass="underline" The hospital treats thousands of patients a year. I Dr Cobb is seeing a patient just now - could you wait ten minutes?
invalid /"invaliid, -ЗД-ВД [n С] someone who is permanently ill and cannot look after themselves, especially someone who has to stay in bed: Pregnant women do not want to be treated like invalids.
unhealthy /An'heiei/ \adj] someone who is unhealthy is often ilclass="underline" Tom was an unhealthy child, always catching colds and getting headaches.
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when food comes up from your stomach and
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vomit /'vDm^U'va:-/ [и I] if you vomit, food comes up from your stomach and out through your mouth, because you are ill or drunk: The nurse gave her a bowl to vomit into. vomit (n U] food that has come out of your mouth because you are ill or drunk
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QtKrow Up /,0гэи 'лр/ \phrasal verb Ij especially spoken to vomit: The baby threw up all over my shirt.
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