Vocabulary

• bird flu: A highly contagious viral disease affecting birds, which can sometimes spread to humans.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• culprit: Person who has done something wrong or illegal
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• fridge: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• agriculture: The science of farming
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• migrate: To move from one country or place to live or work
• dozen: 12 people or things
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• dent: Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
• store: To put things in a place for later use
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• shortage: A lack of something necessary
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• price: Person's name
• department: Division of a larger part or organization
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• egg: Hard-shelled thing from which a young bird is born