Vocabulary

• in the pipeline: Currently being developed or planned.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• going on: To continue doing something
• on the line: At risk; in a situation where something could be lost.
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• urge: A strong desire for something
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• participant: Person involved or included in something
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• placebo: Harmless pill for comparison in trial of new drug
• insecurity: Lack of confidence or certainty about yourself
• important: Having power or authority
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• public: Owned by the government
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• protocol: Written agreement between countries
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• voluntarily: Of your own free will; not because you were forced
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
• rigor: Precision or thoroughness in carrying out a task
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• underway: Happening now
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• come: To arrive at a place
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• mistrust: To feel that you cannot trust someone or something
• enrol: To put someone into a group; to register