Laughter is bad for you

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Laughter
Laughing is good for you, isn't it? True, it can reduce anger, anxiety and stress, but according to the BMJ, laughter can occasionally have harmful side-effects for certain people.
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anxiety
Laughing is good for you, isn't it? True, it can reduce anger, anxiety and stress, but according to the BMJ, laughter can occasionally have harmful side-effects for certain people.
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niepokój
fainting
fainting losing consciousness for a short time, usually falling to the ground
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mdleć
gullet
gullet the tube through which food passes from the mouth to the stomach
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przełyk
dislocated
dislocated (of a bone) moved suddenly out of its correct position
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zwichnięty
punctuation
Which part of English are boxers best at? I don't know. Punch-uation (punctuation).
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interpunkcja
Punch
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cios
exploring
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zwiedzanie
explore
today we'll be exploring the connection between laughter and health, and looking at some health-related vocabulary.
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zbadać
examine
there are many medical studies which examine the benefits of laughter - it reduces stress, it's good for your heart, things like that.
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zbadać
disturbance
heart rhythm disturbance which had stopped their heart
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zakółcenie
burst
gullets had burst.
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rozerwanie
dislocated
dislocated their jaws or burst their lungs
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zwichnięty
no laughing matter
It seems laughing can be no laughing matter! Indeed - he mentions five problems caused by laughter, including heart rhythm disturbance, fainting, burst gullets, dislocated jaws and even burst lungs.
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nie ma żartów
nasty
Some of those sound quite nasty.
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paskudny
Fainting
Fainting is when you lose consciousness and pass out
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mdlenie
pass out
Fainting is when you lose consciousness and pass out
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zemdleć
burst gullet
gullet is the tube through which food passes from the mouth to the stomach, so a burst gullet would be horrible.
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pęknięcie przełyku
findings
But surely, there must have been some positive findings?
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odkrycie, znalezisko
findings
The boy suggested that they hide their findings
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odkrycie, znalezisko
diaphragm
You actually use energy when you laugh, you move your diaphragm, you expand your lungs, and both those things can be helpful.
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przepona
pros and cons
Finn and Rob discuss the pros and cons of laughing, and explain some health-related vocabulary.
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plusy i minusy
anxiety
anxiety attack. He was watching me with an anxiety in his eyes. There is considerable anxiety over the level of air pollution in our country
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niepokój
stick in somebody's gullet
stick in somebody's throat
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stanąć komuś ością w przeuku
punctuation mark
After you finish writing, please check your punctuation.
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znak interpunkcyjny
heart rhythm disturbance
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