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allergy English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Nov 17 2020

Themes: Health, Pets, Weather

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

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“Do you get bad allergies?”

—Ebaby!’s Sheila, speaking about having an allergic reaction

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Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

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physical inability to tolerate something; when something, such as grass or peanuts, makes you sick

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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Our friend Sheila isn’t feeling well. Her nose is stuffy, and she can’t breathe very easily. This is because it’s summer, and Sheila has seasonal allergies. Sheila should probably take some allergy medicine.

Human can be allergic to almost anything. Some of us have food allergies and cannot eat things like nuts or milk. But others, like Sheila, have seasonal allergies. They cannot breath when certain plants are making pollen. Do you have allergies? What makes you sneeze?

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Examples

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“I wish I could get a cat, but I have a terrible allergy to cat hair.”

“If you have a peanut allergy, you have to be careful!”

“My mom has horrible allergies in the spring.”

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Jullieta

Jullieta

Russian Federation

I have bad allergy when its dusty around. my face cover a lot little pinkles

07:15 AM Jul 12 2018 |

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ahmadnadri

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I have bad allergy.when I eat tomato I scratch my body a lot.

05:47 PM Jul 09 2018 |

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Mirell_Nova

United Arab Emirates

Yeah I have, exactly now when some trees are blooming so I m same like Sheila having seasonal allergic, so I keep taking medicine

02:22 AM Jul 09 2018 |

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