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This medicine comes in pills. – Ці ліки випускаються в таблетках.
The doctor recommended to lake this medicine every four hours. – Лікар рекомендував
приймати ці ліки через кожні чотири години
2. remedy – (іменник remedy багатозначний) а) ліки, лікарський препарат,
лікувальний засіб;
a household remedy – домашній лікувальний засіб; a cough remedy – засіб від кашлю; a
remedy against poison – протиотрута
Doctors know many remedies for burns. – Лікарям відомо багато лікувальних препаратів
для лікування опіків.
There is no remedy for cancer so far. – Досі не існує способу вилікувати рак.
It is a good household remedy. – Це добрий домашній лікувальний засіб.
Do you know of a good remedy against poison? – Вам відома хороша протиотрута?
б) засіб боротьби/мера (проти чого-небудь):
No country has so far found an effective remedy to fight corruption. – Жодна країна досі
не знайшла засобу боротьби з корупцією.
I know a very good remedy for laziness. – Я знаю хороший засіб від ліні.
There is no remedy for it. – Тут уже нічого не поробиш./Від цього нема ніякого засобу.
No effective remedy has been so far found against pollution. – Поки що не знайдено
ефективного засобу в боротьбі із забрудненням навколишнього середовища.
TEST YOURSELF
22. Choose the proper word (a, b, c) which best completes each sentence
1. The wound took several weeks to ... .
a) heal; b) cure; c) recover.
2. Serious burns must be ... as soon as possible.
a) cured; b) treated; c) healed.
3. Cuts generally take longer to ... in humid climates.
a) heal; b) cure; c) recover.
4. I was the doctor who ... your head injury.
a) cured; b) treated; c) healed.
5. It takes a long time to recover from glandular fever.
a) heal; b) cure; c) recover.
6. Is there a ... for tuberculosis?
a) heal; b) cure; c) recover.
7. Some hospitals refuse to ... people who don't have medical insurance.
a) heal; b) cure; c) treat.
8. Those who are seriously ill take a long time to ... .
a) heal; b) cure; c) recover.
9. As yet, nobody has found a ... for AIDS or cancer.
a) heal; b) cure; c) treat.
10. When people who have been ill or injured return to their normal state of health, they ... .
a) heal; b) cure; c) recover.
11. Some of the flood victims are still ... in hospital.
a) healing; b) curing; c) recovering.
12. Within a month of the heart attack, he had fully ... .
a) recovered; b) cured; c) treated.
13. The usual way of ... malaria is to give the patient large doses of quinine.
a) healing; b) curing; c) treating.
14. The best ... for a cold is a good night's sleep.
a) heal; b) cure; c) treat.

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