Link to podcast: 6 Minute English, Covid: One year on VOCABULARY-1 1. pandemic : a dangerous disease that infects many people at one time 💬 What can be done to prevent a bird flu pandemic ? 2. take hold : to become strong; to be established 💬The economic recovery is just beginning to take hold now. 3. wimpy : not strong, brave, or confident 💬I was too wimpy to be a boxer so I decided to be a musician. 4. sheer : used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except 💬 The suggestion is sheer nonsense. 5. kicks in : to start to have an effect or to happen 💬It takes half an hour for the medication to kick in . 6. genome : the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other living thing 💬Billions of dollars will have been poured into the human genome project.