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 unwell is called being "under the weather": I'm feeling really under the weather - I think I've got the flu!
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