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