Vocabulary

• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• go to the dogs: Become worse in quality or condition; decline.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• contagious: Able to be passed on by touch
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• dread: To await with great fear
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• initial: First letter of your given name
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• account: An advantage
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• contain: To keep something from spreading
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• quarter: 25 cents
• generosity: Giving or sharing things freely with others
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• sharp: Person's name
• evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
• blurry: Being indistinguishable or unclear in shape
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• business: A company formed for making profit
• bash: To hit something; to criticize
• hockey: Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• part: Division of a book
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
• effectiveness: Degree of how well something works or is done
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• picture: General situation or state of being
• desolate: To destroy a place
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• barren: (Of a woman) not able to have children
• nestle: To be sheltered or protected by e.g. trees, hills
• husky: (Of people) strongly built
• mush: Something soft and wet and usually thick
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation