Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• highly unlikely: Not likely to happen or be true; improbable.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• take heart: To be encouraged; to feel braver or more hopeful
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• simultaneously: At the same time; all together
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• consider: To think carefully about something
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• conquer: To take possession of (land, city) with an army
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
• quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• require: To demand that someone does something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• factor: Something that influences a result
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• eradicate: To remove or destroy something completely
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• rewind: To make something go backwards
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• coordination: When parts of your body work well together
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• herd: Group of the same animal that eat, live together
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• resurgence: A rise again as to new life and vigor
• vaccination: Type of injection to prevent getting a disease
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
• synchronize: To make two things work at the same time
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• highly: In a manner that shows approval
• vaccinate: To protect someone from a disease with a medicine
• interconnect: To join or be joined together (computers/theories)
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• test: To be given a medical examination
• leader: Person who is in charge of a group or task
• pox: A disease that leaves marks on the skin