🇬🇧 Collagen meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card
noun
Collagen is a special kind of protein that works like natural glue and rope inside your body. It helps hold your bones, skin, muscles, and joints together so they don’t fall apart like a wobbly toy. Collagen makes your skin stretchy, your joints bendy, and your body strong. Humans and many animals have lots of collagen, especially in places that need to bend and move, like knees, elbows, and ankles.
My knees told me, “Stop jumping off the couch, we’re running low on collagen support!”
During stretching, my joints creaked like a haunted door, and my collagen yelled, “Oil change, please!”
My cat’s secret to perfect pounces is healthy collagen, plus a tiny bit of evil planning.
My brother blamed his weird dance moves on “too much collagen wiggling in my joints.”
Scientists say collagen is the most common protein in your body, so basically you’re a walking, talking collagen sandwich with a brain on top.
At the park, an old man helped a girl up; his hands, full of strong collagen, held her steady. She watched his skin fold and spring back — collagen at work. A dog leapt; the man’s knee bent, collagen letting him move, collagen joining bone and skin. The girl hugged him, smiling, grateful for collagen.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
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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