The loss of taste and smell during a cold is caused by the inflammation and congestion of nasal passages. These senses return to most people from a few days to a couple of weeks following a cold. For some people it may take longer. In rare cases the senses of smell and taste never return.
Hooking up has come to define sexual relationships for most of today's teens and young women. It can mean anything from kissing and touching to oral sex or intercourse. Vagueness is its hallmark. A girl can say, 'I hooked up with so-and-so,' and no one knows what she did.
catch-up noun [U]. âº the âactivity of âtrying to do as well as a competitor or of âtrying to âreach a âlevel of âachievement: Having âstarted his fund-raising late, he had to âplay catch-up if he âwanted to get enough âmoney for his âpolitical âcampaign. the âprocess of âtrying to âreach the same âstandard or âquality as someone or something else when they have become more âadvanced or âsuccessful: I'm playing catch-up because of the weeks of âtraining I have missed. (Definition of catch up from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).