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plaster 
/
ˈplɑːstə(r)/ Noun uncount
if you have an arm or leg 
in plaster, it is covered in a 
solid substance that makes a sleeve to protect a broken 
bone while it is recovering. The sleeve is called a 
plaster 
cast and is made from plaster of Paris, which is a mixture 
of a white powder and water that becomes firm and solid 
once it is dry 
your leg will be in plaster for at least six weeks | she left 
hospital with her wrist in plaster | I couldn’t type with a 
plaster cast on my hand
rash 
/
ræʃ/ Noun
a 
rash is a lot of red spots on someone’s skin caused 
by an illness or a bad reaction to something they have 
eaten or touched
Collocates: a heat rash | a skin rash | nappy rash
a sudden rash appeared after the wasp sting | your skin 
will be painful in the area where the rash appears | a 
faint pink rash and a slight fever | he tried not to scratch, 
although the heat rash was really itchy | I wanted the 
doctor to look at my skin rash
rush 
/
rʌʃ/ Verb
if you 
rush somewhere or rush to do something, you try 
and go there as soon as you can or you try and do it as 
quickly as possible
Collocates: rush to do something 
no need to rush, the train’s not due for another ten 
minutes | he rushed to the hospital as soon as he heard 
the news | people rushed to lift the car off him | he 
rushed in ten minutes late for the lesson | we all rushed 
out when the fire alarm went off
Noun: 
rush
Collocates: (be) in a rush | a great rush | a mad/frantic 
rush | a sudden rush | a rush to do something
we were in a rush to get to the station | a sudden rush 
for the exit (people suddenly trying to get out of a 
building quickly) | I can’t stop to talk, I’m in an awful rush! 
| a mad rush to buy the latest iPhone
sneeze 
/
sniːz/ Verb
if you 
sneeze, you suddenly force a lot of air out your 
nose or mouth without being able to prevent it, for 
example when you have a cold
he was coughing and sneezing all night | she sneezed 
twice as the cold air blew in through the open door | the 
pepper spilled and made me sneeze
Noun: 
sneeze
each sneeze can blast more than one million bugs 
into the air | she reached for a handkerchief as she felt 
another sneeze coming on
stiff 
/
stɪf/ Adjective
if you feel 
stiff, your muscles and joints move only with 
difficulty because you are ill, or because you have been 
very active, or because you have been in the same 
position for a long time 
my knee is quite stiff this morning | I woke up with a stiff 
neck | take a hot shower after exercise so that you don’t 
get stiff | my legs were stiff after sitting in the plane for 
five hours | people who suffer from backache and stiff 
joints | I woke up the next morning stiff as a board (very 
stiff indeed) 
Noun: 
stiffness | Adjective: stiffly
sprains, bruises and muscular stiffness | I could run thirty 
miles with little stiffness afterwards | the hot bath did not 
prevent a certain stiffness of limbs | Norden stood up 
stiffly | she climbed stiffly out of the car
stitch 
/
stɪtʃ/ Noun
if you have 
stitches, a doctor uses a strong thread to 
close up your skin where you have had a deep cut
Collocates: have stitches | have stitches out
she had to have four stitches in her knee | come back in 
a week and I’ll take the stitches out (remove them) | who 
put the stitches in? | dissolvable stitches (stitches that 
will disappear naturally and won’t need to be removed)