Matching Pairs NYT Article vocabularyOnline version Learning to Live with the Virus by Ann Kill 1 to embrace something (e.g. changes) 2 a preview 3 to come to terms with something 4 a precaution 5 a lockdown 6 an outbreak 7 to impose (e.g. rules, restrictions) 8 social distancing 9 to refrain from something 10 restrictions 11 mandatory 12 to be devoid of something 13 to persist 14 abundant existing in large quantities; more than enough to accept something unpleasant by learning to deal with it the sudden start of a disease or a war to be completely without something to continue to exist required by law, obligatory rules, actions, or situations that limit or control someone or something something that gives an idea of what a future event will be like taking steps such as encouraging working from home, closing schools, and cancelling large events in order to slow the spread of a disease to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it to stop yourself from doing something to accept something an occasion or time when access to a place is restricted because of some danger something done to protect people or things against possible harm or trouble