blood
US /blʌd/
Definition
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The clinic will take a blood sample during your annual checkup.
Word Family
Collocations
- Easy routine blood testdescribing routine blood test (an unvarying or habitual method or procedure)
- Medium blood donor driveto blood donor drive, meaning to smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
- Hard lifeblood of the modern companydescribing lifeblood of the modern company (the blood considered as the seat of vitality)
- Very Hard bad blood between former partnersdescribing bad blood between former partners (that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency)
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