check in

phrasal verb with check verb

US  /tʃek/ UK  /tʃek/

(CONTACT)

to contact someone by making a phone call, short visit, etc., usually in order to make sure there are no problems or to tell them that there are no problems:

check in with My son checks in regularly with me when he's traveling.

go through a rough time idiom

: to experience a difficult time

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have a rough time (of it) idiom

: to have a difficult time

under the weather

idiom   informal

C2

If someone is or feels under the weather, they do not feel well:

I'm feeling a little under the weather - I think I'm getting a cold.

catch a bug: 1. "she caught the bug" is usually slang for when someone gets sick from the flu.

get over something/someone

phrasal verb with get verb

UK  /ɡet/ US  /ɡet/

present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten

B2

to get better after an illness, or feel better after something or someone has made you unhappy:

She was only just getting over the flu when she got a stomach bug.

It took him years to get over the shock of his wife dying.

It took her months to get over Michael when he ended the relationship.

be back on your feet: recovered

phrase. If you say that someone or something is on their feet again after an illness or difficult period, you mean that they have recovered and are back to normal. You need someone to take the pressure off and help you get back on your feet.

up to speed

idiom

C1

If you are up to speed with a subject or activity, you have all the latest information about it and are able to do it well:

We arranged for some home tutoring to get him up to speed with the other children in his class.

Before we start the meeting I'm going to bring you up to speed with the latest developments.

pass verb (DIE)

mainly US

(UK usually pass away)

to die:

After she passed, the doctors wanted to do an autopsy.

His wife was at his side when he passed peacefully this morning.

pull through (something)

phrasal verb with pull verb

US  /pʊl/ UK  /pʊl/

to become well again after a serious illness, especially when you might have died:

They said the operation had been successful and they expected his wife to pull through.

nosedive

noun [ C, usually singular ]

UK  /ˈnəʊzdaɪv/ US 

a sudden fast fall in price, value etc.:

Most analysts view the stock's recent nosedive as investor overreaction.

Shares on Wall Street took a nosedive last night.

go downhill

idiom

C2

to gradually become worse:

After his wife died, his health started to go downhill.

catch someone off guard

idiom

C2

to surprise someone by doing something that they are not expecting or ready for

take verb (REACTION)

B2 [ T ]

to have or come to have a particular feeling or opinion:

hang in there

idiom (UK also hang on in there)

said as a way of telling someone to not give up, despite difficulties:

Work can get tough in the middle of a semester but hang in there and it'll be OK.

be up to your neck (in something)

idiom   informal

to be very busy:

I'd like to help, but I'm up to my neck at the moment.

be up to your neck in something

idiom   informal

to be very involved in a situation, or to have too much of the thing stated:

She's up to her neck in debt/problems/work.

cost someone a pretty penny

idiom

to be very expensive:

That coat must have cost you a pretty penny!

"worth every dime": You can use this expression to illustrate that something is very valuable and justifies the cost associated with it. For example, "This vacation was worth every dime we paid for it.".

take something off

phrasal verb with take verb

UK  /teɪk/ US  /teɪk/

took | taken

(NOT WORK)

B2

to spend time away from your work:

He took two weeks off in September.