🇬🇧 Cough meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A cough is the sudden “kuh-kuh” sound you make when your throat feels tickly, dry, or bothered by something, and your body pushes air out to try to clean it.

My cough was so loud that my cat resigned from sitting on my lap and moved to another room.

At the library, I tried to turn my cough into a whisper, but it came out like a trumpet anyway.

My cough sounded like an old car trying really hard to start on a cold morning.

I did one huge cough and my hair jumped like it was trying to escape my head.

Your body uses a cough like a cleaning tool—it blasts air out of your lungs at up to about 50 miles per hour just to kick out dust, germs, or crumbs that shouldn’t be there.

A child sits in class. A small cough comes from his mouth. He puts his hand to his mouth at the cough. A friend gives him water after a soft cough. One more cough, then the teacher smiles when the last cough stops. He drinks the water. All feel happy and smile.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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