Nov 4, 2004 18:55
19 yrs ago
English term
Denny
part of sentence
Non-PRO
English
Medical
Medical (general)
There is a possibility that your condition may worsen by delay in your receiving standard disease medicine. This risk is very small as this disease is a chronic disease and gets worse slowly.
Please explain the meaning of the phrase gets worse slowly here.
Please explain the meaning of the phrase gets worse slowly here.
Responses
| 4 +7 | The damage is done gradually |
jccantrell
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| 5 +5 | gets worse slowly |
Margaret Schroeder
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| 4 | empeora gradualmente |
blackwidow
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Responses
+7
2 mins
jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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12
Selected
The damage is done gradually
Chronic diseases are slow acting. For example, Alzheimer's is chronic. It does kill you, but it takes years where you slowly decline.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all of you."
+5
2 mins
Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
&
English
Mexico
The right words in the right place.
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US)
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
gets worse slowly
"Gets worse" refers to the progression of the disease. "Slowly" indicates that the rate at which the disease gets worse is not fast. The phrase indicates that this chronic disease may get worse but it will not do so quickly.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Romina Riestra
3 mins
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| agree |
Olga B
29 mins
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| agree |
Nizamettin Yigit
2 hrs
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| agree |
Java Cafe
5 hrs
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| agree |
airmailrpl
: -
2 days 1 hr
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3 mins
blackwidow
Mainly English Teacher
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Catalan to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
empeora gradualmente
En el sentido de que tiende a empeorar a menos que se le aplique la medicina adecuada.
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Note added at 23 hrs 53 mins (2004-11-05 18:48:09 GMT)
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slowly here gives the idea of \"gradually\".
Sorry I made it in Spanish.
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Note added at 23 hrs 53 mins (2004-11-05 18:48:09 GMT)
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slowly here gives the idea of \"gradually\".
Sorry I made it in Spanish.
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