#3 6 Minute English Covid: One year on (words)

1. pandemic: a disease that affects people over a very large area or the whole world.

💨Nobody guessed that such a rare disease would become a pandemic.

2. take hold: to become strong; to be established.

💨The economic recovery is just beginning to take hold now.

3. wimpy: not strong, brave, or confident.

💨I'm far too wimpy to go rock climbing.

4. sheer: used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing expect.

💨His success was due to sheer willpower/determination.

5. kick in: to give something, especially money or help.

💨Another plan would require employers to kicks in $20 per worker to set up the fund.

6. genome: the complete set of the genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or another living thing.

💨Further, these simulation studies have not considered markers over the entire genome.

7. vaccine: a substance containing a virus or bacterium in a form that is not harmful, given to a person or animal to prevent them from getting the disease that the virus or bacterium causes.

💨All of these adhesion molecules have been proposed as vaccine targets.

8. approximately: close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time.

💨The job will take approximately three weeks, and cost approximately $1,000.

9. infection: a disease in a part of your body that is caused by bacteria or a virus.

💨Bandage the wound to reduce the risk of infection.

10. significant: important or noticeable.

💨There has been a significant increase in the number of women students in recent years.

6 Minute English Covid: One year on