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Can You Believe it?

Stories and Idioms from Real Life (Book 2)

Jann Huizenga / Oxford

1.     It's no wonder!

SARATOV,RUSSIA

One day, Olga Petrovic isn't feeling well. She goes to see the doctor in her small town in southernRussia. "What's the matter?" he asks. "I have a stomachache. And I'm running a fever," she tells him. The doctor takes an x-ray. He's shocked when he looks at it. There's a 12-inch piece of metal in Olga's stomach. "That takes the cake!" he thinks. "NO wonder she has a stomachache!" Olga remembers an operation she had 25 years ago. Apparently, the surgeon made a big mistake and left a medical instrument inside her. "We need to get rid of it," said the doctor. "You need an operation." Olga has cold feet and wants to put it off. But her doctor wants her to have the operation right away. Now the medical instrument is gone and Olga is recovering.

New Idioms & Expressions:

 (it's) no wonder = it's not surprising

What's the matter? = What's wrong?

have a stomachache = feel pain in one's stomach

run a fever = have a high body temperature 

That takes the care! = That's really strange!; That's the worse!

make a mistake = do something incorrectly

get rid of something = remove something

have cold feet = be afraid to do something

put something off = delay or postpone something

right away = immediately

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