I.
noun the sick
ADJECTIVE
▪ chronic , long-term (both esp. BrE )
VERB + THE SICK
▪ visit
▪ aid , care for , comfort , help , look after ( esp. BrE ), minister to , nurse , take care of , tend
▪
workers who are caring for the ~ and elderly
▪ treat
▪ cure , heal
▪
the Church's mission to preach the gospel and heal the ~
▪ pray for
PHRASES
▪ the ~ and wounded
▪
The ~ and wounded were evacuated from the war zone.
II.
adj.
1 not well ⇨ See also ↑ ill
VERBS
▪ be , look
▪ become , fall ( formal ), get ( esp. AmE )
▪
He fell ~ with yellow fever.
▪
She was afraid she would get ~ if she stayed in that place any longer.
ADVERB
▪ chronically ( esp. BrE ), desperately , extremely , seriously , terribly , very
▪
The home has 20 chronically ~ and disabled residents.
▪
a very ~ woman in the next bed
▪ mentally
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
The workers got ~ from radiation exposure.
▪ with
▪
She was ~ with cancer.
PHRASES
▪ be off ~
▪
John's not in the office today. He's off ~.
2 ( esp. BrE ) wanting to vomit
VERBS
▪ be ( BrE ), feel , look
▪
I was ~ three times in the night.
▪
Dad, I feel ~!
▪ get
▪
I get ~ if I sit in the back seat.
▪ make sb
▪
If you eat all that chocolate it'll make you ~.
ADVERB
▪ horribly , very , violently
▪
He leaned sideways and was violently ~.
▪ almost
▪ continually
▪ physically
▪
Every time I think about it I feel physically ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
Laura felt almost ~ with embarrassment.
PHRASES
▪ be as ~ as a dog
▪ ~ to your stomach ( AmE )
▪
I feel ~ to my stomach just thinking about it.
3 bored/disgusted/annoyed
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become , get
▪
I'm getting ~ of all these delays.
▪ make sb
▪
Her attitude makes me ~.
ADVERB
▪ heartily ( esp. BrE ), really
▪
He was getting heartily ~ of all the false sympathy.
▪ absolutely , thoroughly
▪ a bit , a little , pretty , rather
▪
She was getting a little ~ of his moaning.
PREPOSITION
▪ of
▪
I'm getting ~ of you leaving things in a mess.
PHRASES
▪ ~ and tired of sth , ~ to the back teeth of sth ( BrE ), ~ to death of sth
▪ (as) ~ as a parrot ( BrE )
4 cruel/in bad taste
VERBS
▪ be , seem , sound
▪
You're really ~, you know that?
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
PHRASES
▪ ~ in the head
▪
Whoever started the fire must be ~ in the head.
Sick is used with these nouns: ↑ bag , ↑ bay , ↑ day , ↑ father , ↑ feeling , ↑ freak , ↑ joke , ↑ leave , ↑ man , ↑ mind , ↑ mother , ↑ note , ↑ pay , ↑ people , ↑ person , ↑ relative , ↑ sense of humour