How to say 'cold', 'runny nose' in English

The British have several words for the common cold, including 'run' which not only means 'to run' but also refers to someone having a runny nose.

A cold is "a cold", and a flu is "flu". To say you have a cold, British people often use "catch" or "get". For example: She went out without a coat last night . Now she's caught a cold.

The above two verbs are also used to refer to someone having the flu: The school has reported many students getting the flu this week.

When someone has a cold, they may have a runny nose. In English, "a runny nose" means: The baby has a runny nose because she's ill.

The word "run" can also mean a runny nose: My nose has been running since last week even though I took some medicine.

A stuffy nose is commonly referred to as a "blocked nose" or "stuffy nose" in American parlance: I hate having a blocked nose. It's like being tortured!

A fever is "fever", while having a fever is "running a fever": It was until he ran a fever that he started to think he had caught a cold.

In addition to symptoms such as runny nose, stuffy nose or fever, some other symptoms of a cold are cough, sneeze, sore throat or loss of appetite.

The feeling of being sick and feeling sick is called being "under the weather": I 'm feeling really under the weather - I think I've got the flu!

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