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