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Meaning of be sick | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: be sick.
  2. To vomit.
    informal

Equivalents

العربية عل
Deutsch darniederliegen
日本語 病む
한국어 질리다
Latina cubo iaceo vomo
Polski falować miertwić
Ikinyarwanda rwara
ไทย ประชวร เจ็บป่วย
Українська боліти хворіти
Tiếng Việt đau ốm

Examples

“I am sick today, so can't come⟳ to work⟳.”
“The dog's been sick all over the carpet.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

be silent be someone's to lose be sorry be still my heart be taken bad be taken ill

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