Complete the sentences and the text below with these phrasal verbs:

get over = recuperate

clog up = obstruct
fight off = defend against
throw up = vomit
let up = cease or diminish

come down (with) = catch (an illness)

dose up (on/ with) = medicate
lay low = make someone weak

1. Many children _____________an ear infection even before their first

birthday.
2. High fat foods can____________ our arteries.
3. Most people ____________ a cold within two weeks.
4. The flu usually ___________people __________ for four to ten days.
5. A cold continues at its peak for several days, then it gradually ___________.
6. The human bodys immune defenses usually____________ viruses.

I always _________ with colds. In fact, I was suffering from one last weekend.
I hate it when your nose ___________ so much that you cant breathe and you
feel like youre going to ____________. Im __________ it now though. People
say that you should ____________ with vitamin C to ________ colds ________.
I take vitamin C every day but they still ________ me ________ every autumn.
When was the last time you came down with a cold?
How long did it take you to get over it?
How did you fight it off?

Children come down

with about 5 to
7colds per year and
adults average about
2 or 3.

Dosing up on
antibiotics wont
fight off colds
because they are
viral, not bacterial.
Colds lay
low more
women
than men.

Our noses produce mucus to

protect the lungs from germs.
The mucus then runs down your
throat, out your nose, or clogs up
your sinuses.

A fever helps you to get

over a cold by by
activating the immune
system.
Most colds
let up after
seven to 10
days.

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Many children come down with an ear infection even before their first birthday.
High fat foods can clog up our arteries.
Most people get over a cold within two weeks.
The flu usually lays people low for four to ten days.
A cold continues at its peak for several days, then it gradually lets up.
The human bodys immune defences usually fight off viruses.

I always come down with colds. In fact, I was suffering from one last weekend. I
hate it when your nose clogs up so much that you cant even breathe and you feel like
youre going to throw up. Im getting over it now though. People say that you should
dose up with vitamin C to fight colds off. I take vitamin C every day but they still lay
me low every autumn.