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#3 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.
VOCABULARY-2
1. outbreak: a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something else dangerous or unpleasant
💬There's been an outbreak of food poisoning at the hotel.
2. take stock: to think carefully about the things that have happened in a situation in order to decide what to do next
💬He walked back inside and took stock of the situation.
3. lockdown: an emergency situation in which people are not allowed to freely enter, leave, or move around in a building or area because of danger
💬The entire city was in lockdown.
4. feeble: weak and without energy, strength, or power
💬He was a feeble, helpless old man.
5. virologist: a scientist who studies viruses and the diseases that they cause
💬The world-leading virologist has joined the new EU COVID-19 advisory team.
6. pneumonia: a serious illness in which one or both lungs become red and swollen and filled with liquid
💬People who are bedridden can easily get pneumonia.

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