Vocabulary

• run of the mill: Ordinary, average, or common; not special or unique.
• going on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in terms of
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• under observation: Being watched or monitored, typically for a specific reason.
• rough it: To live temporarily in basic and uncomfortable conditions.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• read into: To interpret or find a meaning in something beyond what is openly expressed.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• highly unlikely: Not likely to happen or be true; improbable.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• military: Army or armed forces
• quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• leave: To go away from; depart
• pathogen: Any disease-producing agent
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• important: Having power or authority
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
• transparency: Quality of being open to see/to public criticism
• datum: Item of factual information
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• incubation: Development in a particular environment
• unknown: Not being known or famous
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off