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1. COVID: One Year On  Link 2.Vocabularies: (1) pandemic Despite having an established biomedical infrastructure from quarantine camps to hospitals, the colonial state found itself unprepared to face this pandemic . (2) epidemic We conjecture that antibodies lacking in durability have become prevalent in the population resulting in the disappearance of large epidemics since 1992. (3) take hold She was determined not to let the illness take hold again. (4) wimpy As small and wimpy as they were, still they weren’t afraid to get on the back of a wild animal. (5) sheer The hard work, ingenuity and sheer intellect that went into many of these studies is indeed impressive, and well demonstrated by such extended illustration. (6) kick in It's only when you have responsibilities that the fear kicks in . (7) genome In biology and genetics, a genome is the particular number and combination of certain chromosomes necessary to form the single nucleus of a living cell. (8) take stock (of)

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