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