get-well card
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- noun
:
tarjeta de recuperación
- I received a lovely get-well card from my coworkers after my surgery.
- send a get-well card
- sign a get-well card
- received a get-well card
Examples
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At the nurse's station, Jimmy left me a get-well card.
Fiction book (1990) -
The school principal sent me a get-well card; no one else but my best friend came to visit.
Fiction book (1994) -
So, I thought it would be a nice idea if we all sent him some get well cards.
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Well, maybe my get well card will help Dave get home faster.
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"I'd like to thank those of you who sent get well cards.
Fiction book (2002) -
Thank you, everyone, for your thoughts, prayers, and the many, many emails and get well cards.
Blog text (6) -
Thanks for the get-well card.
Fiction book (1995) -
I'll send her a get-well card.
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She made you a get-well card.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Your lovely get-well card cheered me immensely, Lindsay."
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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1.0
A decorated card sent with a personal message for a special occasion
How Personal
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
get-well + card
The meaning 'a greeting card sent to someone who is ill' is directly and transparently composed from 'get well' (to recover) + 'card' (a greeting/card), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer the MWE meaning. The hyphenation does not mask the compositional structure and many languages have equivalent 'wishing recovery' card expressions, supporting full transparency.
Etymology
Get-well card comes from the simple habit of writing the words get-well on a small card and sending it to someone who is ill. That's why it now means a card sent with 'wishes for a speedy recovery'.