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40. Health / Feeling ill - Phrasal Verbs & Expressions [Originally Published in November 2009]

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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What Does It Mean to Be Off Color?

To be under the weather and to be off color, right. Next expression is a phrasal verb, and it means to pick something up or catch an illness. To come down with something means that you get ill with something, you become ill. So I'm not too good, actually. I think I'm coming down with something. And your friend says, oh, really?

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