Vocabulary

• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• protect from: To keep someone or something safe from harm or damage.
• stay home: To remain in one's house or residence.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• at least: As a minimum
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• contagious: Able to be passed on by touch
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• strike: To hit something
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• lethal: Causing or able to cause death
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• overwhelm: To defeat something or someone completely
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• frequently: Often; regularly
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• important: Having power or authority
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• public: Owned by the government
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
• clog: To make or become blocked or filled with something
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• person: Man, woman or child
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• vaccination: Type of injection to prevent getting a disease
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• stuffy: (Nose) blocked
• asymptomatic: Having no symptoms of illness or disease
• runny: Being able to flow as a liquid
• symptomatic: Characteristic or indicative of a disease
• shortness: Condition or state of being short