Vocabulary

• bird flu: A highly contagious viral disease affecting birds, which can sometimes spread to humans.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
• at least: As a minimum
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• spot: A certain place or area
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• lethal: Causing or able to cause death
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• previously: At an earlier time
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• investigation: Search for information about something
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• infectious: Capable of transmitting disease to others
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• person: Man, woman or child
• stool: Single seat without support for the arms or back
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• dub: To add a new soundtrack to an audio recording
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• deli: A shop selling unusual or special food products
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area