
COVID: One year on 👉👉link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210225 1. outbreak : The relatively recent outbreak of street violence and protests largely reflect the frustration of young people unable to find jobs. 2. take stock : It was time to stand back and take stock of his career. 3. sequence : The action sequences are the best part of the film. 4. pandemic : The intelligence estimate portrays the pandemic as the bad side of globalisation. 5. take hold : The fever was beginning to take hold . 6. wimpy : She was too wimpy to say what she really thought. 7. sheer : We were impressed by the sheer size of the cathedral. 8. kicks in : The storm is expected to kick in shortly after sunrise. 9. genome : Billions of dollars will have been poured into the human genome project.