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  • mandatory
    required, obligatory
  • constantly
    all the time
  • hygiene
    conditions and practices that promote health
  • stimulus
    any event or situation that evokes a response
  • get to grips with
    begin to understand and deal with sth difficult
  • biosphere
    consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
  • endorse
    give support or one's approval to
  • crisis
    a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger
  • ubiquitous
    present or existing everywhere
  • hazardous
    dangerous
  • privilege
    a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people
  • absence
    failure to be present
  • receptionist
    a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
  • blemished
    damaged; spoiled
  • adoption
    the act of starting to use a particular plan, method, way of speaking
  • distorted
    twisted out of shape
  • elite
    (n.) the choice part of a group of people or things; (adj.) superior
  • have/get your way
    be allowed to have or do what you want
  • decibel
    a unit that compares the intensities of different sounds
  • outpace
    to go faster, do better, or develop more quickly than someone or something else
  • detour
    a roundabout way
  • ultra-light
    extremely light in weight
  • strike (sb.) as
    give sb a particular impression
  • high time
    almost too late to do something
  • restriction (on)
    a law or rule that limits what you can do, or what can happen
  • perceptive
    (adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
  • shuttle
    to move back and forth often between two places
  • decode
    to interpret or give meaning to a message
  • dominant
    most important, powerful, or influential.
  • the onset of
    at the beginning of
  • faith
    experience of the divine or holy presence, sometimes involving intellectual belief and sometimes emphasizing personal trust
  • tribute
    sth. you say/do to express your respect/admiration
  • dismiss...as
    to decide that sth./sb. is not important
  • menace
    a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger
  • systematic
    done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical.
  • dental
    pertaining to the teeth
  • downtown
    city centre
  • draw
    to attract
  • orally
    by mouth
  • sutle
    not obvious
  • surpass
    to exceed or go beyond
  • demanding
    needing a lot of your time, attention, or effort
  • set your sights/heart on
    to want something very much
  • prone
    (adj.) lying face down; inclined, likely
  • cut short
    to have to stop doing something before it is finished
  • attached
    connected
  • depict
    to give a picture of; to describe
  • prescription
    a piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy
  • proximity (to)
    close to, adjacent to, near, in the vicinity of
  • dogged
    (adj.) persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up
  • hypothesis
    a testable prediction, often implied by a theory
  • presuppose
    to assume in advance; take for granted
  • tempting
    adj. alluring, attractive, enticing
  • diagnose
    to identify a disease through symptoms
  • breach
    a violation; a gap or break
  • algorithm
    a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem
  • refute
    to prove incorrect
  • wear out
    to use (something) until it becomes unfit for further use; to become unusable after excessive use.
  • submit
    to "send" yourself under someone else's control; to give in to someone else's power
  • sceptical
    (adj) having doubts that a claim or statement is true or that sth will happen
  • polish
    to make shine; to make something better
  • precision
    the exactness of a measurement
  • diminish
    make or become less
  • germane (to)
    relevant to
  • manipulate
    (v.) to handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for person gain or advantage
  • domestic
    having to do with the household or family; not foreign
  • arguably
    possibly
  • reluctant
    unwilling and hesitant
  • (un)desirable
    pleasing, agreeable
  • aligned
    precisely adjusted; committed to one side
  • eradicate
    to wipe out; to destroy
  • give rise to
    to cause, bring about
  • rot
    to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something do this
  • measure
    to be a particular size, length, or amount
  • medium
    a method or way of expressing sth.
  • equivalent
    having the same value
  • concede
    (v.) to admit as true; to yield, submit
  • yield
    to produce
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