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Current 2: News; TikTok, Coronavirus (vaccine) Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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name for an empty town or city which is no longer inhabited

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ghost town

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odstranjen

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lifted

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busy and lively

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bustling

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the centre of an activity

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a hub

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empty of people

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deserted

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what is adv. for strange and empty

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eerily

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7
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number of people entering a location

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footfall

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8
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a factor that causes sth to happen

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driver

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9
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stuff

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swag

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10
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iti na volišča, da glasujem

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to go to the polls to vote

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11
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volilno blago

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election merchandise

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12
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to appear

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to pop up

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13
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doing sth (often bad) for the benefit of others

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sacrifice

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14
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close by, near to you

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at hand

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possibility, oportunity

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potential

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16
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a person’s attitude / outlook

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dynamic

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17
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it rips through, destroying everything

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to ravish through

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18
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to die (often in terrible circumstances)

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to perish

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19
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to press a container so that contents comes out

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to squirt

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20
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too much, too extreme

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over the top

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21
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silly, funny, idiotic

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goofball

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22
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a controversial or very awkward issue to deal with

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hot potato

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23
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to escape reality and have a good time

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to cut loose

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24
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a practical joke, izvesti ga

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a prank, to pull a prank

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25
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to have and to show a characteristic

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to feature

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26
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the negative public reaction against sth

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backlash

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27
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unnecessary interest

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fuss

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28
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launch (something, especially a product) again or in a different form

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relaunch

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29
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light-hearted, unimportant, trivial

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frivolous

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30
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a general feeling of sth negative and dark

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doom and gloom

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31
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without any thought, impulsive

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spontaneous

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32
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to force someone to do sth

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to compel

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33
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to pass responsibility to someone else

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to hand over

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34
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the process of assigning a code to something for classification or identification

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coding

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35
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it’s a signal that sth bad may happen

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alarm bells

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36
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a weakness or gap in the security of sth

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security breach

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37
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an error, mistake

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flaw

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38
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an error in computer code

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bug

39
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to be or cause someone to be in a very emotional state of fear, anger, panic or excitement

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to freak out

40
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a situation in which countries try to damage each other’s trade

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trade war

41
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conflict and stress

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tension

42
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when sth is shut down by the authorities

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crackdown

43
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domače podjetje

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domestic company

44
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to cause conflict and disagreement

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to stoke tensions

45
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predstavljati grožnjo

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to pose a threat

46
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entirely; exclusively

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purely

47
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they are responsible for it

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claiming responsibility

48
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a mass meeting of people making a political protest or showing support for a cause

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a rally

49
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to insult, to criticise or put someone down in public

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to throw shade at

50
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the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, daydreaming

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escapism

51
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to disconnect from work, or TV and social media news

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to unplug

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suggested, intended

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proposed

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shranjeno

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stored

54
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vztrajati

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to insist

55
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against the opposite opinion

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at odds with

56
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to allow a project to start, to agree to proceed

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to give sth the green light

57
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when you have information on someone and threaten to use it against them

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to blackmail

58
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widespread disease

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pandemic

59
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a simple and often unrealistic solution

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silver bullet

60
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goal

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mission

61
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a test of sustainability

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a trial

62
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without stopping

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around the clock

63
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to make great efforts to achieve sth

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to strive

64
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of great importance

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monumental

65
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to make an extreme effort to achieve sth

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to pull out all the stops

66
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to eliminate or destroy

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to wipe out

67
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a feeling of hope and confidence

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optimism

68
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to remain hidden, often with the purpose of surprise or attack

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to lurk

69
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razviti

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to develop

70
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vplivati

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to affect

71
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vdreti

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to invade

72
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to increase activity

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to stimulate

73
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¸the entire number of genes of sth

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genetic sequence

74
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oceniti

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to evaluate

75
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a possible and often undesirable reaction to a drug

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side effect

76
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the area of a hospital where patients stay

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ward

77
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injicirano

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injected

78
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what is a vaccine?

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a type of medication that is injected in your bloodstream to prevent orlessen the effects of a virus or disease

79
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to deceive or fool something / someone

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to trick

80
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the body’s disease fighting network

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immune system

81
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to cause to happen

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to trigger

82
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to resemble or to copy

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to mimic

83
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paziti, biti pozoren na

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to watch out for

84
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permission or agreement

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consent

85
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an official or established way of doing sth

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procedure

86
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deadly

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fatal

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intimidating, nerve-wracking

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daunting

88
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having won a victory

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victorious

89
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an acute contagious febrile disease of humans that is caused by a poxvirus

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smallpox

90
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a serious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle

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anthrax

91
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a contagious and fatal viral disease of dogs and other mammals, transmissible through the saliva to humans and causing madness and convulsions

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rabies

92
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a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus

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polio

93
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the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body

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paralysis

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