onemocnět (AmE)

At the last minute I got sick and could not go. (LDCE)

She was so nervous she got sick.(CDAE)

We all get sick, but we do not live in fear of catching every known disease.(BNC)

spálit se (od sluníčka)

 So even if you are under an umbrella, for example, you could still get sunburnt.(BNC)

We got tired, and sunburnt as we ran over the beach stones without shoes. (BNC)

If you do get sunburnt, try using a soothing, cooling product such as Aloe Vera Burn Relief Gel, £2.95, from Nectar Beauty Shops. (BNC)

porodit

She gave birth to twins.(CALD)

Two weeks later she was due to give birth to their first child. (BNC)

It was a Militant councillor who found her alternative accommodation where she was later to give birth to her daughter, Claire. (BNC)

dát/poskytnout první pomoc

 The latest edition of the manual of the St John Ambulance, St Andrew's Ambulance Association and the British Red Cross contains the latest information on how to give first aid in such emergencies. (BNC)

I had to give first aid treatment when needed and issued simple medicines, which included `;Miss Alba';, a white elixir effective in the eradication of constipation. (BNC)

Amanda, who's a psychiatric nurse gave first aid, but there was nothing she could do. (BNC)

oplatit někomu něco

Anthony has been plotting to ruin Michael`s good reputation in the company. It`s time someone gave him a dose of his own medicine! (English Idioms, Oxfrord)

She's always turning up late for me so I thought I'd give her a taste of her own medicine and see how she likes it.(CIDI)

If Jim is sarcastic, give him a taste of his own medicine. (W.Magnuson, Eng.Idioms)

zemřít, zatřebat bačkorama, natáhnout brka;

přestat fungovat

We've had the same television for fifteen years and I think it's finally about to give up the ghost.(CIDI)

His head slumped forward as he gave up the ghost. (BNC)

Unfortunately one was having its innards repaired at the time and another gave up the ghost after operating for all of a second. (BNC)

It proved the last straw for John Titford; ill enough, no doubt, without the need to struggle against a winter to end all winters, his weary body gave up the ghost. (BNC)

přestat, skončit (nebrat dál drogy apod.)

The addict himself must make the decision that he wants to go cold turkey.(CIDI)

Six years ago she went cold turkey on a three-pack-a-day smoking habit.(CALD)

You, Aurora Jennings Blake, have made me understand a little of what addicts must have to face when they're made to go cold turkey,'; he said. (BNC)

dostat porodní bolesti

During the storm itself, people already ill often become worse, women nearing the end of their pregnancy may go into labour and unbalanced individuals have a tendency to become violent. (BNC)

She will go to hospital and go into labour. (BNC)

She went into labour on a bitter November day when snow was falling. (BNC)

mít schůzku/rande naslepo

Karen and Doug have been happily married forover ten years. Did you know that they met on a blind date? (English Idioms, Oxford)

Elaine arranged for me to go on a blind date with a bloke from her office.(CALD)

Alexander and Mary met on a blind date and fell in love with each other. (BNC)

onemocnět

The survey by personnel software house Perco identified unskilled workers as the most likely to go sick.

It`s easier for women to go sick because they have fewer social roles. (BNC)

jít do nemocnice (jako pacient)

Despite the pain fisherman Terry, veteran of almost 600 jumps in seven years, was reluctant to go to hospital. (BNC)

I don't want to go to hospital. (BNC)

(vyna)snažit se, dát si záležet, vyvinout úsilí, usilovat, snažit se o co, dát si velkou práci s čím

I went to great pains to get this record for you.(CIDI)

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson take pains to find families that are truly in need.(Eng.Idioms, W.Magnuson)

If you value your trees, you will take pains to master this art. (BNC)

držet dietu, začit dietu

I've got this friend who is slim, and she keeps saying she has to go on a diet, so you think: well, if she had to go on a diet, what must I be like? (BNC)

You should go on a diet. (BNC)

On a diet for five years, he just got fatter. (BNC)

(informal) jít/být na operaci, jít pod kudlu

Harry goes under the knife next week, but it is nothing serious, only an ulcer. (English Idioms, Oxford)

Every attack was accompanied by the certain knowledge that within a couple of hours I'd be under the knife. (BNC)

Bet you didn't know Northern Ireland star Michael Hughes was under the knife several weeks ago? (BNC)

onemocnět

He went down with gastric flu last week. I hope I am not going to come down with it too! (Eng. Idioms,Oxford)

Brenda came down with the flu. She's very sick. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

I think I'm coming down with flu. (CALD)