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swell up 
/
ˈswel ˌʌp/ Phrasal verb
if a part of your body 
swells up or swells, it gets larger 
than usual because you are ill or uncomfortable
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her throat swelled up so much she needed an operation 
| my feet always swell up on aeroplanes | his lips started 
swelling up | my ankle had swollen up 
Adjective: 
swollen | Noun: swelling
her face was a bit swollen | a large swelling on his neck
throw up 
/
ˈθrəʊ ˌʌp/ Phrasal verb
if you 
throw up, food that you have eaten comes back up 
from your stomach and out of your mouth. 
Throw up is 
informal, and a more polite word is 
vomit
I felt a lot better after I’d thrown up | as the sea got 
rougher, people on deck started throwing up | he threw 
up all over the teacher’s skirt | just the smell of it made 
me want to throw up
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action 
/
ˈækʃ(ə)n/ Noun
if you take legal 
action against someone, you start a 
case in a court of law because you want to prove that 
they have done something wrong 
Collocates: bring a legal action (against someone) | take 
legal action | face legal action
the surgeon is facing legal action for using the wrong 
procedure on a patient | if I don’t pay by the end of the 
month, they’ll take legal action | any member state can 
bring an action before the European Court of Justice | 
an action against the company seeking to enforce the 
contract
Adjective: 
actionable
breach of contract is actionable (it can justify someone 
taking legal action)
all-inclusive 
/
ˌɔːlɪnˈkluːsɪv/ Adjective
if a price is 
inclusive of something, it includes the cost of 
that thing. If a holiday is 
all-inclusive, it includes all the 
costs of travelling, hotels, meals, etc
an all-inclusive weekend break in Edinburgh for just 
£140 | all-inclusive packages to 12 European capitals
arise 
/
əˈraɪz/ Verb
if an issue or question 
arises, it starts to become 
important in such a way that you have to deal with it or 
answer it
Collocates: a matter/issue/problem/situation/question 
arises
this situation would only arise if the prime minister were 
to die before the next election | this issue arises in 
different branches of computing | there may be financial 
problems arising from the patient’s illness | the question 
arose as to what needed to be done
array 
/
əˈreɪ/ Noun
an 
array of things is a large number of them
Collocates: an array of something | a wide/vast array | a 
dazzling array
we have a wide array of modern equipment | they’ve 
got a vast array of different phones | the skirts come 
in an array of bright colours | there’s such an array of 
fascinating things to see in St Petersburg | we were 
faced with a bewildering array of electronic devices