pandemic
A pandemic is an occurrence of a disease that affects many people over a very wide area
4/27 뉴스에 swine flu virus가 pandemic potential이라고 나왔다.
surveillance
surveillance is the careful watching of someone especially by an organization such as the police or the army.
ex president Rho 의 뉴스 중에..
flicker
1. If a light or flame flickers, it shines unsteadily.
2. A flicker of emotion or feeling is one that is experienced or visible only faintly and for a very shor time.
He felt a flicker of regret.. He looked at me, a flicker of amusement in his cold eyes.
3. If an expression flickers across your face, it appears very briefly; used in writeen English.
A smile flickered across Vincent's grey features,... a shadow of disquiet flickering over his face
4. If someone's eyes flicker towards something, they look at it quickly; used in written English.
5. If something flickers, it makes very slight, quick movements.
no-brainer
1. If you describe a question or decision as a no-brainer, you mean that it is a very easy one to answer or make; informal
2. If you describe a person or action as a no-brainer, you mean that they are stupid; informal
vigour / viger/
spelled vigor in American English.
Vigour is physical or mental energy and enthusiasm.
His body lacks the bounce and vigour of a normal two-year-old...He blew his nose with great vigour.
plummet /mit/
If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount; used mainly in journalism.
In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth suceessive day... The Prime Minister's popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks... The shares have plummeted from 130 p to 2.25 p in the past year.
minuscule /mini/
If you describe something as minuscule, you mean that it is very small.
The film was shot in 17 days, a minuscule amount of time.
innocuous /inna/
Something that is innocuous is not al all harmful or controversial; a formal word.
Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly... Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts.
A pandemic is an occurrence of a disease that affects many people over a very wide area
4/27 뉴스에 swine flu virus가 pandemic potential이라고 나왔다.
surveillance
surveillance is the careful watching of someone especially by an organization such as the police or the army.
ex president Rho 의 뉴스 중에..
flicker
1. If a light or flame flickers, it shines unsteadily.
2. A flicker of emotion or feeling is one that is experienced or visible only faintly and for a very shor time.
He felt a flicker of regret.. He looked at me, a flicker of amusement in his cold eyes.
3. If an expression flickers across your face, it appears very briefly; used in writeen English.
A smile flickered across Vincent's grey features,... a shadow of disquiet flickering over his face
4. If someone's eyes flicker towards something, they look at it quickly; used in written English.
5. If something flickers, it makes very slight, quick movements.
no-brainer
1. If you describe a question or decision as a no-brainer, you mean that it is a very easy one to answer or make; informal
2. If you describe a person or action as a no-brainer, you mean that they are stupid; informal
vigour / viger/
spelled vigor in American English.
Vigour is physical or mental energy and enthusiasm.
His body lacks the bounce and vigour of a normal two-year-old...He blew his nose with great vigour.
plummet /mit/
If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount; used mainly in journalism.
In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth suceessive day... The Prime Minister's popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks... The shares have plummeted from 130 p to 2.25 p in the past year.
minuscule /mini/
If you describe something as minuscule, you mean that it is very small.
The film was shot in 17 days, a minuscule amount of time.
innocuous /inna/
Something that is innocuous is not al all harmful or controversial; a formal word.
Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly... Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts.