Vocabulary

• in hospital: Admitted to a hospital for treatment.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
• in terms of
• at the moment: At this time; now
• due to: Because of; owing to
• have to: Must do
• look after: To take care of someone or something
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• urge: A strong desire for something
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• strike: To hit something
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• due: When something is required or expected
• eligible: Being able to be chosen or selected; suitable
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• leave: To go away from; depart
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• pharmacy: Shop where medicines are prepared and sold
• elderly: Being very old
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• noticeable: Being easy or likely to be sensed or noticed
• vaccination: Type of injection to prevent getting a disease
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• tidal: Of the regular rise and fall of the sea level
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• northern: In or toward the north
• triple: Group or set of three
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• earl: Man with a high or noble rank in a society
• jab: To hit with a short straight blow
• uptake: Process of being taken in by a living organism
• nan: Flat Indian bread