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I didn't feel very well last week. I had a sore throat and a fever. My mother took me to see the doctor. When we got there, the nurse took my name and said that the doctor would be with me soon. The doctor was a very nice man in a white jacket. I had seen the doctor before when I had my tonsils out at the hospital. The doctor took a light and looked in my ears. He put a stick on my tongue and he shone his light into my mouth. He looked at my throat. He said that my throat was a bit swollen and red. He felt my neck and said my glands were swollen. He took my temperature and said that it was quite high. He listened to my heart and he made me cough. He asked me some questions. He said he might have to do some tests. He sent me to get some blood taken out of my arm. I was scared, but it didn't really hurt. The doctor gave me some pills and told me to take one in the morning and one at night. He told me to drink lots of fluids. He told me to get plenty of sleep. I did exactly what the doctor told me to do. It wasn't very long before I was feeling well again. I think that I might like to be a doctor when I grow up. I would like to make people feel better.noun
1. temperament or disposition
e.g. a person of hot blood
2. the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
e.g. blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products
the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions
3. people viewed as members of a group
e.g. we need more young blood in this organization
4. the descendants of one individual
e.g. his entire lineage has been warriors
Synonym: lineagelineline of descentdescentbloodlineblood linepedigreeancestryoriginparentagestemmastock
5. a dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonym: rakerakehellprofligateriproue
noun
1. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
2. the somatic sensation of cold or heat
adj
1. characteristic of false pride
having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
e.g. a conceited fool
an attitude of self-conceited arrogance
an egotistical disregard of others
so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty
growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary
vain about her clothes
Synonym: conceitedegotisticegotisticalself-conceitedswollen-headedvain