- Lots of things in the body are still alive: hair, skin,
nails, all the bacteria in your guts. Well, you don’t start to swell up for at
least a couple of days. Then your eyes pop out, skin falls off, then you
explode. - Jeff? - What? |
Points to note
1. to swell up = to become larger
Her ankle was already starting to swell up.
The window frame was swollen up.
The crowd swelled to around 10,000.
Now's your turn
2. a couple of + noun = a small number of
I just need to make a couple of more calls.
You will be all right in a couple of days.
She did her project in a couple of months.
Now's your turn