Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• fit into: To be small enough to go inside something.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• in use: Being used at the present time.
• come onto: To approach someone with romantic intentions
• in conjunction with: Together with; along with
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• have to: Must do
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• deliberately: In a careful, considered manner; on purpose
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• amount: Quantity of something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• couple: To join something to something else
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• leave: To go away from; depart
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• ethical: Morally right; following principles of goodness
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• placebo: Harmless pill for comparison in trial of new drug
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• dilute: To make something weaker or less efficient
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• conjunction: Combination of things or events
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• pharmaceutical: Concerning the science of drugs and medicines
• part: Division of a book
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• swab: To wipe or clean with water or a mop
• unit: One apartment in a building
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• daunt: To make someone feel less courageous or confident
• inoculate: To inject a disease to build up immunity to it