Vocabulary

• bird flu: A highly contagious viral disease affecting birds, which can sometimes spread to humans.
• avian flu: A type of influenza virus that primarily infects birds, but can sometimes spread to other animals and humans.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• bird: Animal with feathers that uses wings to fly
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• wash: To clean someone or something with soap and water
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• woman: Adult female human being
• ill: Not well or sick
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• soap: Hard cream-like substance used to wash something
• jump: To attack someone suddenly
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• sick: Having a physical or mental illness
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• separately: Not with another person or thing
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• urge: A strong desire for something
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• infected: To introduce a computer virus to
• poultry: Birds such as chickens, ducks, geese etc.
• avian: Of or typical of birds
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing