Vocabulary

• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• such as: For example; like
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• date back: To have existed since a particular time in the past.
• at least: As a minimum
• on to: Toward something; forward
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• set up
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
• flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
• fertile: (Of imagination, etc.) working strongly; productive
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
• allegiance: Loyalty
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• realise: To become aware of or understand mentally
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• bloody: Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
• unify: To bring or join together into one
• feudal: Of or typical of feudalism