Vocabulary

• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• crop up: To suddenly happen, or be talked about
• in a nutshell: As a summary; including the main points concisely
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• step into: To enter a place or situation.
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• deal with
• spell out: To explain something in a very clear and detailed way.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• latch onto: To understand something, often after a period of confusion.
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• on a mission: Having a clear and important goal or purpose.
• used up: To use all of; consume
• in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• spot: A certain place or area
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• acute: (Of an angle in math) of less than 90 degrees
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• duplicate: Something that is the exact same thing as another
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• ripe: (Of a smell) disgusting
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• modify: To make minor change to something
• latch: To tightly attach yourself to something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
• fortress: Military buildings providing protection
• tumor: Abnormal growth of cells; cancer
• glitch: Small problem, fault preventing something working
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• chemotherapy: Treatment of diseases using chemicals
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
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• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• evade: To avoid being captured; avoid answering
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• antigen: Substance that produces antibodies in the body
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• leukemia: Blood cancer
• call: A order or request for action
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• polymer: Chemical substance made up of simple molecules
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• computer: Machine for storing data, accessing the internet