Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• draw up: To create a formal document
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on to: Toward something; forward
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• miss out: To exclude; not include in something
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• stock up: To accumulate a supply of something.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• check out
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• urge: A strong desire for something
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• dawn: First light of day
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• hassle: Unpleasant task or chore harder than it should be
• inadvertently: Without intention, accidentally
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• imminent: Happening soon; about to happen
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• subsequently: After something else has happened; as a result
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• audacious: Fearless, brave and daring
• hoard: Large amount of hidden (valuable) items
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• sanitizer: (also hand sanitizer) A liquid for washing your hands in order to get rid of harmful bacteria from them
• stash: Supply of something that is hidden or stored
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• come: To arrive at a place
• can: Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
• oat: Widely grown grain eaten as, or used in, food
• unknown: Not being known or famous
• loo: Toilet, or a room that contains a toilet
• restroom: Toilet; bathroom
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.