Relier Pairs
Match the words in quotation marks of the 1st column, found in the article
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rachelysanders/teens-teenagers-at-home-isolation-coronavirus-school,
with their definitions in the 2nd column.
1
The one "silver lining" to this situation is that at least the beaches won't be closed anytime soon.
2
The whole coronavirus "predicament" has affected my life in ways I could have not imagined just a mere month ago.
3
People have seemed to change with some kind of spell cast on them, "compelling" them to hoard toilet paper and meat.
4
Extended spring break, is a term used to "disguise" the fact that there is a deadly pandemic spreading across the world.
5
On a phone call to Huntsville, Alabama, my mother corrects herself when she "sputters" the word fear.
6
Already "apprehensive" parents were now in a panic.
7
Today, quotes on Facebook and letters from their school administrators imbue teens with hope that they can "thrive" in isolation
8
I deleted TikTok to try to "keep the ball rolling" with my projects. (idiom)
9
By day 2 my focus on online learning had "waned".
10
Εven when I had to physically go to school, I mostly kept to myself, ever the "introvert".
11
At home, I'm trying to "grapple" with the future less. Yet no one knows how to.
12
I don't think I'll like home-schooling because I always "procrastinate" a lot.
13
Our academic classes "dwindle", we get more free time to spend with friends during the second semester of high school.
14
The truth somewhat "daunts" us.
15
Some neighbours are willing to shop for their elderly or "immunocompromised" friends.
16
Today, quotes on Facebook and letters from their school administrators "imbue" teens with hope that they can thrive in isolation.
17
But now, I find myself actually "venturing" out of my room and interacting with others more than ever during this isolation
18
I'm a theater "major".
to decline over time
to flourish, to prosper
anxious, nervous
to pervade, to influence as if by dyeing
bright side, a consoling aspect of a difficult situation
to decrease, diminish, get smaller
to attempt to control, to fight with sth/sb.
difficult situation
having the immune system impaired or weakened (as by drugs or illness)
to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done
to conceal
A student specializing in specific field.
to force
to utter hastily or explosively in confusion or excitement.
to continue a discussion, progress, or other action rather than stall or stop.
shy, unsociable person
to dare to go somewhere or do sth, usually risky.
to intimidate, to scare
