Current 2: News; TikTok, Coronavirus (vaccine) Flashcards
1
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name for an empty town or city which is no longer inhabited
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ghost town
2
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odstranjen
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lifted
3
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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
5
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empty of people
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deserted
6
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what is adv. for strange and empty
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eerily
7
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number of people entering a location
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footfall
8
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a factor that causes sth to happen
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driver
9
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stuff
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swag
10
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iti na volišča, da glasujem
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to go to the polls to vote
11
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volilno blago
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election merchandise
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to appear
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to pop up
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doing sth (often bad) for the benefit of others
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sacrifice
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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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a person’s attitude / outlook
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dynamic
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it rips through, destroying everything
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to ravish through
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to die (often in terrible circumstances)
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to perish
19
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to press a container so that contents comes out
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to squirt
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too much, too extreme
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over the top
21
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silly, funny, idiotic
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goofball
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a controversial or very awkward issue to deal with
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hot potato
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to escape reality and have a good time
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to cut loose
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a practical joke, izvesti ga
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a prank, to pull a prank
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to have and to show a characteristic
to feature
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the negative public reaction against sth
backlash
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unnecessary interest
fuss
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launch (something, especially a product) again or in a different form
relaunch
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light-hearted, unimportant, trivial
frivolous
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a general feeling of sth negative and dark
doom and gloom
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without any thought, impulsive
spontaneous
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to force someone to do sth
to compel
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to pass responsibility to someone else
to hand over
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the process of assigning a code to something for classification or identification
coding
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it's a signal that sth bad may happen
alarm bells
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a weakness or gap in the security of sth
security breach
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an error, mistake
flaw
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an error in computer code
bug
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to be or cause someone to be in a very emotional state of fear, anger, panic or excitement
to freak out
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a situation in which countries try to damage each other's trade
trade war
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conflict and stress
tension
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when sth is shut down by the authorities
crackdown
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domače podjetje
domestic company
44
to cause conflict and disagreement
to stoke tensions
45
predstavljati grožnjo
to pose a threat
46
entirely; exclusively
purely
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they are responsible for it
claiming responsibility
48
a mass meeting of people making a political protest or showing support for a cause
a rally
49
to insult, to criticise or put someone down in public
to throw shade at
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the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, daydreaming
escapism
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to disconnect from work, or TV and social media news
to unplug
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suggested, intended
proposed
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shranjeno
stored
54
vztrajati
to insist
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against the opposite opinion
at odds with
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to allow a project to start, to agree to proceed
to give sth the green light
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when you have information on someone and threaten to use it against them
to blackmail
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widespread disease
pandemic
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a simple and often unrealistic solution
silver bullet
60
goal
mission
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a test of sustainability
a trial
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without stopping
around the clock
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to make great efforts to achieve sth
to strive
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of great importance
monumental
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to make an extreme effort to achieve sth
to pull out all the stops
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to eliminate or destroy
to wipe out
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a feeling of hope and confidence
optimism
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to remain hidden, often with the purpose of surprise or attack
to lurk
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razviti
to develop
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vplivati
to affect
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vdreti
to invade
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to increase activity
to stimulate
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¸the entire number of genes of sth
genetic sequence
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oceniti
to evaluate
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a possible and often undesirable reaction to a drug
side effect
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the area of a hospital where patients stay
ward
77
injicirano
injected
78
what is a vaccine?
a type of medication that is injected in your bloodstream to prevent orlessen the effects of a virus or disease
79
to deceive or fool something / someone
to trick
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the body's disease fighting network
immune system
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to cause to happen
to trigger
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to resemble or to copy
to mimic
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paziti, biti pozoren na
to watch out for
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permission or agreement
consent
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an official or established way of doing sth
procedure
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deadly
fatal
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intimidating, nerve-wracking
daunting
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having won a victory
victorious
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an acute contagious febrile disease of humans that is caused by a poxvirus
smallpox
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a serious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle
anthrax
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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
rabies
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a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus
polio
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the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body
paralysis
