be taken ill
To become illTo become ill.
» He looks as if he had been ill.
Er sieht so als, als wäre er krank gewesen. — MUIRIEL
Він, здається, хворів. — triantafillou
Він виглядає, наче він хворів. — deniko
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1 senses(idiomatic)To become ill.
Examples
668 sentencesHe looks as if he had been ill.
Він, здається, хворів. — triantafillou
deEr sieht so als, als wäre er krank gewesen. — MUIRIEL
She could not come because she was ill.
Вона не змогла прийти, бо хвора. — aandrusiak
ruОна не смогла прийти, потому что была больна. — soniamiku
deSie konnte wegen ihrer Krankheit nicht kommen. — xtofu80
He seemed to have been ill.
Він виглядав хворим. — anastasishko
deEr schien krank gewesen zu sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I didn't know she was ill.
Я не знав, що вона хвора. — shanghainese
ruЯ не знал, что она больна. — shanghainese
deIch wusste nicht, dass sie krank war. — MUIRIEL
I was ill yesterday.
Учора я хворів. — Internecivus
ruВчера я был болен. — Tassadar
deGestern war ich krank. — MUIRIEL
Forms
is taken ill, being taken ill, was taken ill, been taken ill| Base form | be taken ill · to be taken ill |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | is taken ill |
| Present participle | being taken ill |
| Past simple | was taken ill |
| Past participle | been taken ill |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.