🇬🇧 Bruise meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A bruise is a dark, sometimes purple or blue mark that appears on your skin after you bump into something or get hit gently or hard. The skin on top doesn’t open or bleed, but the tiny blood vessels under the skin break and leak a little blood, which makes the area change color. At first a bruise can look purple or blue and feel sore when you touch it. After a few days, it may turn green, yellow, or brown as your body cleans it up. Bruises usually go away on their own, and they are a common kind of minor injury, especially when kids play, run, and climb a lot.

Mom says my bruises prove I play hard; I say they prove gravity is winning.

My bruise is so colorful I’m thinking of charging people tickets to see it.

After crashing into the trash can, I earned a new bruise and a lifetime of embarrassment.

I got a bruise from walking into a door that has been in the same place my whole life.

I slipped on my own sock and now have a bruise that perfectly proves I’m not a ninja.

She ran in the room and hit her arm on the corner. She saw a bruise. A round bruise rose, dark and sore, on her skin. She touched the bruise and cried a little. Her dad put ice on the bruise and gave a small smile. By night the bruise was less and she slept.

This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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