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L.song Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

allergic

is there any other way to 'i am allergic to something' (including slang words) and which one sounds natural, especially in british english,thanks
  

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Hi, You might perhaps say somethig like 'I react badly to something' or 'I have a bad reaction to something' or 'Something gives me a bad reaction'. Best wishes, Clive.

— Clive

  • Hi, You might perhaps say somethig like 'I react badly to something' or 'I have a bad reaction to something' or 'Something gives me a bad reaction'.
  • Best wishes, Clive.
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Hi,

You might perhaps say somethig like 'I react badly to something' or 'I have a bad reaction to something' or 'Something gives me a bad reaction'.

Best wishes, Clive.
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if i say 'i am allergic to something' , does 'allergic' sound too big in an informal conversation? and thank you for your reply
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>does 'allergic' sound too big in an informal conversation?

depends on your conversation partners:-)

it's a quite informal word nowadays ...
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Well, you asked about BrE, but in the US, to say "I'm allergic to...[X]" is extremely common.
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