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47 What your body does

A Verbs connected with the mouth and breathing

yawn: Whyareyouyawning?Areyoufeelingsleepy?
sneeze: Dustoftenmakesmesneeze.

snore: Hesnored inhischairwithhismouthwideopen.
cough: Itwassosmokyintheroomthathecouldn’tstopcoughing.
sigh: Shesighed withreliefwhensheheardtheplanehadlandedsafely.
be out of breath: IranforthebusandnowI’m out of breath!
take a deep breath: Hetook a deep breathandjumpedintothewater.
hold your breath: Howlongcanyouhold your breathunderwater?

B Verbs connected with eating

chew: Mygrannyusedtosayyoushouldchew everymouthfultentimes.
rumble: It’sembarrassingifyourstomachrumbles duringaninterview.
swallow: Takeadrinkofwatertohelpyouswallow thepills.
suck: Inanaeroplane,ifyousuckasweet,itcanstopyourearspopping.
lick: Thecatlickedthebowlclean.
bite: Don’tbitethathardsweet-you’lldamageyourteeth.

C Verbs connected with the eyes and face

wink: Hewinked atmeacrosstheroomtotry
tomakemelaugh.
frown: Whyareyoufrowning?What’sthe
problem? wink

grin: Shewassodelightedwiththepresent grin
thatshegrinnedfromeartoear.
blink: Sheblinked severaltimestotryandget
thedustoutofhereye.
blush: Heblushed withembarrassmentwhenshesmiled
athim.

D Verbs connected with the whole body sweat
perspire/sweat /swet/: Whenit’shot,yousweat/

perspire.(perspire is more formal)
shiver: Lookathim!He’ssocoldthathe’sshivering!
tremble: Myhandstremble whenI’vebeendrinking
toomuchcoffee.
shake: Shelaughedsomuchthatherwholebodyshook.

frown shiver
Language help

All the verbs on this page (except shake and bite) are regular verbs; almost all the words have an

identical noun form: to yawn → a yawn, to cough → a cough /kɒf/ etc. (except to breathe /briːð/
and to perspire; their nouns are breath /breθ/ and perspiration).

100 English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate