Vocabulary

• substance use: The use of drugs, alcohol, or other substances.
• have to: Must do
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• wave through: Signal someone to pass through a checkpoint or barrier.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• over the counter: Denoting a security traded directly between two parties, not on an exchange.
• next to: Being located along side another
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• interact with
• in case of: If something happens; in the event of.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• deal with
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• take for example: To use as an instance or illustration.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• urge: A strong desire for something
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• elicit: To get an answer or reaction from
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• distribute: To hand out or give to people
• antidote: A drug, which limits the effects of a poison
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• public: Owned by the government
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• person: Man, woman or child
• overdose: To take too many drugs, so that you might die
• prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
• preliminary: Happening or necessary before a thing happens
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• affinity: A feeling of attraction or relationship
• happen: To take place or occur
• municipal: Concerning a city or town government
• datum: Item of factual information
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• antagonist: (Literature) someone who is an enemy or opponent
• intro: Opening part of a text or piece of music
• unknowingly: Without knowing or being consciously aware
• preventable: Being capable of being stopped from happening
• upward: Toward some higher point or position
• bystander: Someone who happens to see an event
• prohibition: Law forbidding the sale of alcohol, etc.
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)