Vocabulary

• bird flu: A highly contagious viral disease affecting birds, which can sometimes spread to humans.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• going on: To continue doing something
• taper off: To diminish or reduce gradually.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• pass from: To be transferred or transmitted from one person or thing to another.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• from the first: From the very beginning.
• go either way: To have two possible outcomes; to be uncertain.
• avian flu: A type of influenza virus that primarily infects birds, but can sometimes spread to other animals and humans.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• dread: To await with great fear
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• pathogen: Any disease-producing agent
• mammal: Animal which drinks milk from its mother
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• livestock: Any animals kept for use or profit
• important: Having power or authority
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• modify: To make minor change to something
• residue: Left over part after most is taken away
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• host: Mass; a great number
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• proliferation: Sudden and fast increase in something
• cattle: Cows or bulls on a farm
• bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
• catchy: Being easy to like, remember (of songs)
• sneeze: Act of air suddenly being forced out of nose/mouth
• immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
• poultry: Birds such as chickens, ducks, geese etc.
• minimize: To make something seem small or less important
• airborne: Being in the air
• transmission: Part of car including gears affecting speed of car
• acidic: Containing acid
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• circulate: To go round continuously
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• mutate: To develop into another thing; change
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• swine: A pig
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• avian: Of or typical of birds
• asap: Shortened form of 'As soon as possible'
• taper: (Of e.g. streets) to become gradually narrower