Vocabulary

• back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• stand down: To end a state of readiness, e.g. for war
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• end in: To have something as the final result.
• in sight: Visible; able to be seen.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• seek: To ask someone for help
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• communist: Believer in communism
• censorship: Removing inappropriate material from books, films
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• speculate: To take risks that might lead to big profits
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• exert: To make something have an effect on something else
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• datum: Item of factual information
• erupt: To begin doing something or happen suddenly
• discontent: Feeling of dissatisfaction; a lack of contentment
• uncommon: Not typical; not normal; unusual
• nationalist: Person who strongly loves their country
• online: Connected to the internet
• delete: To remove or erase something
• hopelessness: Lack of desire for, or belief in success
• cellphone: Phone you can take with you everywhere