Heilsa og líðan — health and wellbeing

At the doctor's

blóðprufan is the blood test — the standard first step of every check-up. húðin is the skin. The doctor took a blood test yesterday.

Læknirinn tók blóðprufu í gær.

Mental weather

wordmeaning
stressato stress
pirrato irritate, to annoy
þolato endure, to stand
hafa áhyggjur afto worry about (+ dat.)

þola usually appears negated: ég þoli ekki — I can't stand. I can't stand noise in the mornings.

Ég þoli ekki hávaða á morgnana. hafa áhyggjur af builds on áhyggjurnar from lesson 53: She worries about the exam.
Hún hefur áhyggjur af prófinu.

The bright side

jákvæður is positive, neikvæður negative — of people and answers alike. hamingjan is happiness (you know til hamingju!), vonin the hope behind the verb vona.

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