Vocabulary

• apart from: Except for; not considering
• lock down: To secure a building or area to prevent entry or exit.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• such as: For example; like
• being driven by: Currently being motivated or controlled by a particular factor or force.
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• financial: Involving money
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• charity: Kindness and willingness to forgive, help
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• intensive: Needing great effort for a short period of time
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• unbearable: Not able to be accepted or tolerated
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• successful: Having the desired effect or result
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• quit: To leave a job
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• central: Being in the middle
• traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• part: Division of a book
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• fool: An idiot; someone who does something stupid
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• counsel: To listen and give expert advice to someone
• prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• shutter: Part of a camera that opens to allow in light
• female: Person of the sex that gives birth to babies
• harrowing: Extremely shocking or upsetting
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• neon: Gaseous element used in electric lamps and signs
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• cove: Small, sheltered inlet or bay