🇬🇧 Blood pressure meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Blood pressure is how strongly your blood pushes against the insides of your veins and arteries as your heart pumps, kind of like how hard water pushes inside a garden hose when you turn the faucet up or down.

Dad said my blood pressure rises when I do homework, so I told him, "Then for my health, I should stop immediately."

The nurse said my blood pressure was perfect, which proves that eating one vegetable last week totally worked.

My cat’s blood pressure must be low because he naps 23 hours a day and the other hour is just stretching.

My blood pressure is like a superhero: it stays steady, but gets super active when there’s danger… or cake.

The doctor said to keep my blood pressure healthy with exercise, so I now jog dramatically from the couch to the fridge.

At the clinic the doctor checks her blood pressure. The cuff squeezes; the meter shows high blood pressure. He asks her to breathe; her blood pressure falls. He notes the low blood pressure after rest. She laughs at the strange cuff and feels relieved with normal blood pressure, and thanks the kind nurse.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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