be sick

être malade

Ne pas être en bonne santé à cause d’une maladie.

En anglais simple : You are not well because you have an illness.

• I am sick today.
• He was sick with the flu last week.
• Have you been sick recently?

Comment l'utiliser : be sick with something (She is sick with the flu.)

Synonymes : be ill, be unwell

Contraires : be well

Expressions courantes : be sick today, be sick with flu

vomir

Rejeter par la bouche des aliments ou du liquide provenant de l’estomac.

En anglais simple : Food or liquid comes back out of your stomach through your mouth.

• I think I might be sick.
• She was sick twice during the boat trip.
• The dog has been sick on the kitchen floor.

Comment l'utiliser : be sick into something (He was sick into a bucket.); be sick over something (The child was sick over the carpet.)

Synonymes : vomit, throw up

Expressions courantes : be sick again, be sick into something