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