Vocabulary

• catch a cold: To become infected with a common viral illness, typically affecting the nose and throat.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• hang around: To spend time with someone
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• breathe out: To exhale air from the lungs.
• break up
• float around: To circulate or spread, especially rumors or gossip.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• dry out: To remove moisture from something; to become completely dry.
• pin down: To force someone to clarify their opinion
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• spike: The top point in a graph
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• mucus: Thick liquid substance made in certain parts of the human body, such as the nose
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• soak: To make something completely wet
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• defense: Argument in support of something
• dormant: Temporarily not active/growing
• humidity: Amount of moisture in the air in a particular area
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• sneeze: Act of air suddenly being forced out of nose/mouth
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• randomize: To arrange in a random order