Vocabulary

• feel sick: To experience a sensation of nausea or illness
• have to: Must do
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• lead to: To result in some action
• at the most: No more than; maximum amount or degree.
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• given time: A specific time that has been scheduled or agreed upon.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• jump on: To criticize someone suddenly and strongly.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• before long: Soon; in a short time.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• play out: To use up or exhaust
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• in different ways: Using various methods or approaches; with variety.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• contagious: Able to be passed on by touch
• urge: A strong desire for something
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• manifest: List of cargo on a ship
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• parade: Large group walking in a public celebration
• require: To demand that someone does something
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• respond: To answer something or someone
• mild: Gentle in nature or behavior
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• act: To behave in a certain way
• public: Owned by the government
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• person: Man, woman or child
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• sneeze: Act of air suddenly being forced out of nose/mouth
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
• flatten: To make level and spread out over a surface
• subway: Train system running under the ground in a city