Vocabulary

• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• at least: As a minimum
• such as: For example; like
• fresh produce: Recently harvested fruits and vegetables offered for sale.
• green salad: A salad consisting primarily of green leafy vegetables such as lettuce, spinach, or arugula.
• rule out: To eliminate as a possibility; exclude.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• chain of events: A sequence of occurrences, where each event causes or influences the next.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• as things stand: In the present situation; as matters currently are.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• wash away: To remove something by the action of water.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• turn away: To go in a different direction; not face something
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• have to: Must do
• food source: A place or thing from which food is obtained.
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• diarrhea: Frequent and watery bowel movements
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
• steer: A cow
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• cautious: Careful about avoiding danger, problems
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• endemic: Natural to or typical of a specific place/people
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• investigation: Search for information about something
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• distribute: To hand out or give to people
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• definitive: Clear and leaving no further question
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• spinach: Vegetable with dark green leaves, full of iron
• parasite: Small animal or plant living off a bigger one
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• product: Item that can be bought
• contamination: Being impure because of a harmful agent
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• underway: Happening now
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• chlorine: Greenish-yellow gas with a strong smell
• contaminant: Substance that pollutes or causes to be impure
• raspberry: Small, soft, red fruit that grows on a bush
• layman: An ordinary person (not a clergyman, priest etc.)
• berry: Small, round fruit from plants and trees
• hardy: Able to survive cold weather, hard times
• underside: Lower side of anything
• disconcert: To disturb the composure of; confuse