Vocabulary

• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• have to: Must do
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• see off: To say goodbye to someone who is going away
• in labour: Experiencing the process of giving birth.
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in terms of
• grapple with: To struggle or deal with something difficult.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• initially: At first; originally
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• permanently: For a long time; always
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• leave: To go away from; depart
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• previously: At an earlier time
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• subsequently: After something else has happened; as a result
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• tyranny: Cruel government by a ruler who has complete power
• historical: Connected with the past
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• happen: To take place or occur
• crucially: To an extremely important or necessary degree
• headache: Pain in the head
• successive: Happening one after another in a series
• electoral: Concerning elections
• populist: Politician claiming to represent ordinary people
• overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory