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If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a different thing altogether. It's the great fear of any singer's life.
Elaine Paige

Meaning of "catch a cold" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CATCH A COLD

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATCH A COLD

catch
catch a crab
catch a few zeds
catch basin
catch crop
catch fire
catch it
catch on
catch one´s breath
catch one´s death
catch oneself on
catch out
catch phrase
catch pit
catch points
catch question
catch the sun
catch up
catch-22
catch-all

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATCH A COLD

acold
anticold
blow hot and cold
chest cold
cold
common cold
from cold
head cold
ice-cold
icy cold
in the cold
leave someone cold
make one´s blood run cold
outscold
overcold
scold
stone-cold
supercold
ultracold

Synonyms and antonyms of catch a cold in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «catch a cold» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATCH A COLD

Find out the translation of catch a cold to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of catch a cold from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «catch a cold» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

感冒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coger un resfriado
570 millions of speakers

English

catch a cold
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सर्दी पकड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يصاب ببرد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

простудиться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pegar um resfriado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি ঠান্ডা ধরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attraper un rhume
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangkapan sejuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sich erkälten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

風邪をひく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감기를 잡을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyekel kadhemen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị cảm lạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு குளிர் பிடிக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्दी झाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Soğuk yakalamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere un raffreddore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przeziębić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

застудитися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prinde o raceala
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιάσει ένα κρύο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vang ´n koue
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förkyld
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forkjølet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of catch a cold

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATCH A COLD»

The term «catch a cold» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.690 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about catch a cold

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QUOTES WITH «CATCH A COLD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word catch a cold.
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Elaine Paige
If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a different thing altogether. It's the great fear of any singer's life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATCH A COLD»

Discover the use of catch a cold in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to catch a cold and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to Catch a Cold
Kids from preschool through second grade will LOVE this silly story about a young boy whose vivid imagination goes into overdrive as he wonders why his classmates aren't showing up to school each day.
Adam Newman, 2012
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
catch (a) cold catch on the fly an electric vibrator. [CATCH v.2 (2) + BUZZ n.3; (2) puns on (1)/SE buzz, the sound of the machine] catch (a) cold v. [late 18C+] 1 to get into trouble, poss. through impetuousness. 2 to lose out financially, poss. after  ...
Jonathon Green, 2005
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Never Catch a Cold
Black ink illustrations help introduce various kinds of colds--and a number of fantastical creatures that are now extinct--in this humorous narrative about the history of our most common illness.
‎2012
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
"Stir your stumps, you lazy thing!" "He's too slow to catch a cold!" —Dick King- smith, pigs uightFiy, p. 5, 1990 • The car was noisy, too slow to catch a cold and had antiquated road- holding properties. —Laurence Meredith, Original Vw Beetle, p.
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Mr. Putter & Tabby Catch the Cold
Cynthia Rylant. Tabby sat on Mr. Putter's head to keep it warm while he read the funnies. She tried to help him not catch a cold. She did her best. But Mr. Putter caught one, anyway. The next day he.
Cynthia Rylant, 2003
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Weekly World News
6. Smog can increase your likelihood of catching cold. True. Environmental factors such as air pollution and smoking appear to make people more vulnerable to colds. 7. You're more likely to catch a cold if you're anxious or depressed. True. 8.
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
do not, or don't, catch a cold! 'Primarily a business c.p., meaning “Don't suffer a loss”, it occurred in the Observer, 4 Sep. 1977 (p. 14), as a headline, “Do Not Catch a Cold with Gold”: since c. 1955' (Playfair, 1977). Note that US has a var. you ...
Eric Partridge, 2003
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Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum: A Brief Edition of ...
Most probably, you'd give vitamin C to some people and not others and count the number of colds in each group. Suppose you found the following results: 10 people who took vitamin C did not catch a cold, 4 people who took vitamin C caught ...
Diane F. Halpern, 2014
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What Expert Teachers Do: Enhancing Professional Knowledge ...
For example, winter is often seen as a time when people are most likely to catch a cold. It therefore seems quite natural to link the two and to think that catching a cold is caused by cold and wet weather, so staying warm and not getting caught ...
John Loughran, 2012
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Flow Cytometry Data Analysis: Basic Concepts and Statistics
Second, why didn't 1 catch a cold in the summer, particularly as we would frequently get soaking wet in the river, while in contrast 1 would often catch a cold in the winter? Third, I did not catch a cold in the winter every time 1 went out in the ...
James V. Watson, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATCH A COLD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term catch a cold is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Small Batch Café and Eatery
My only regret was not taking an extra order home to put in the freezer and IV into my veins the next time I catch a cold! Finishing my meal with ... «Kingstonist, Jul 15»
2
10 scientific reasons your lack of sleep is killing you
People who get less than seven hours of sleep are three times more likely to catch a cold than those who sleep for eight hours or more, a 2009 ... «Metro, Jul 15»
3
Why Canada Should Cautiously Monitor Greece's Financial Crisis
Will a Greek sneeze cause eurozone to catch a cold? If so, if/when the eurozone sneezes, will the rest of the world catch a cold? Different ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
4
Astro health prediction – July 2nd week
You may catch a cold or cough, or both, which would need immediate treatment. You would do well not to worry inordinately about your work, ... «TheHealthSite, Jul 15»
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Will DP Ruto Succeed in Unifying Coastal Communities?
... ODM politics in the Coast region is manufactured and brewed in Mombasa. When Mombasa coughs, Kwale and Kilifi counties catch a cold. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Greece's economy sneezes; Will PH catch a cold?
Hence the problem: Will the Philippine economy catch a cold? The Department of Finance (DoF) has assured that the Philippines is not as as ... «CNN, Jul 15»
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Bryony Gordon on her new family car
all in despair at what has happened to a once-great force, and I am now of the opinion that, what with budget cuts, they couldn't catch a cold. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Lessons from a Greek tragedy
If it sneezes, we might catch a cold. Longer term, Canadians should learn two hard lessons from Greece: A nation must live within its means ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
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The UpBeat: Still here, still trying to help move the CF 'expiry date …
Every time I catch a cold, I hope it doesn't turn into a lung infection — inevitably it always does. I then take weeks of heavy antibiotics, which ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
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Navigating the imminent volatility storm – Guest Editorial by Jeff …
But with an economy comprising less than 2% of Eurozone GDP, will Greece sneezing really cause Europe to catch a cold? We are likely to ... «LeapRate, Jun 15»

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