The phrase "act ill" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone behaving in a bad or inappropriate manner.
Example: "When faced with criticism, he tends to act ill, making the situation worse."
Alternatives: "behave poorly" or "conduct oneself badly".
Feldman is a specialist in factitious disorder – an umbrella term describing cases where people intentionally act ill, or claim their loved ones are ill, without obvious benefit to themselves.
Cf. post, at 10. Indeed, it is because the First Amendment's meaning does not turn on state-law labels that we refuse to allow the state to make a nonemployee a full-fledged employee "[s]olely for purposes of coverage under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act," Ill.
We're coming out so you better get this party started (to cold act ill or get retarded)." Check for Tiga & Zyntherius' "Sunglasses at Night" single, the American Gigolo compilation, and FPU Crocket's theme (remixes), all on Turbo Records.
We're coming out so you better get this party started (to cold act ill or get retarded)." CHRISTI BRADNOX Check for Tiga & Zyntherius' "Sunglasses at Night" single, the American Gigolo compilation, and FPU Crocket's theme (remixes), all on Turbo Records.
Act ill all afternoon for a better effect.
For, unless you perfectly understand the principle from which anyone acts, how should you know if he acts ill?
Here are four ways to enjoy the bull market: Drug stocks have acted ill lately, but Germany's Altana AG (58, AAA) should perk up soon.
If your puppy vomits, has diarrhea or acts ill after eating food you cook, take him to the vet.
This book ends with scenes from the road, when Scott-Heron and his band toured with Stevie Wonder in 1980 after Bob Marley, whose band was supposed to be Mr. Wonder's opening act, fell ill with cancer.
Because ending a film on a down note is commercially risky and often perceived as a gratuitous act of ill will, the unhappy ending often comes several scenes before the final credits roll.
Reactive attitudes can be had toward oneself as well, as in the guilt a wrongdoer might feel upon committing a resentment-worthy act of ill will or disregard.
