Vocabulary

• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• prevalent: Being common; occurring frequently
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• daily: Happening every day
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• land: Region or country
• deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• variant: Thing that differs from something of the same kind
• efficacy: Ability to produce a desired outcome
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
• frighten: To make someone afraid or nervous
• successfully: In a manner that achieves a goal
• nonstop: Occurring without stops; continuous