COVAX delivers its first vaccine shipment to Ghana
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ghana
US / ˈgɑːnə /
•UK / ˈgænə /
- noun
- A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea
globally
US / 'ɡləʊbəlɪ /
•UK / 'ɡloʊbəlɪ /
- adverb
- Throughout the world
not
US / nɒt /
•UK / nɑt /
- adverb
- Word indicating the negative
- (Used to form the negative of verbs)
carry
US / ˈkæri /
•UK / ˈkæri /
- verb
- To have a child, be pregnant
- To have a disease you might give to others
- (Of stores) to sell a particular product
- To hold something and move it to another place
- To travel a long distance (sound)
- To support the weight or burden of something
jeopardy
US / 'dʒepədɪ /
•UK / ˈdʒɛpədi /
- noun
- When something may be harmed, damaged or lost
prevent
US / prɪ'vent /
•UK / prɪˈvɛnt /
- verb
- To stop something from happening or existing
would
US / wʊd /
•UK / wʊd /
- other
- Used to indicate something imagined
- Used to ask or request something politely
- Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
- Used to indicate a preference
- Used to indicate a reaction
- Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
- Used to indicate willingness or ability to do
africa
US / 'æfrɪkə /
•UK / ˈæfrɪkə /
- noun
- Continent between the Atlantic and Indian oceans
want
US / wɔnt /
•UK / wɑnt, wɔnt /
- noun
- Something you desire or wish for
- State or condition of poverty
- verb
- To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
achieve
US / ə'tʃi:v /
•UK / əˈtʃiv /
- verb
- To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
deliver
US / dɪ'lɪvə(r) /
•UK / dɪˈlɪvɚ /
- verb
- To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- To save someone from a problem or crisis
- To keep a promise; do what you say you would
- To present something to a group, as a speech
- To take something to a person or place
allocate
US / ˈæləkeɪt /
•UK / ˈæləˌket /
- verb
- To distribute or set apart for a plan or purpose
but
US / bət /
•UK / bʌt,bət /
- conjunction
- Used before you say something different, opposite
frontline
US / 'frʌntlɑɪn /
•UK / 'frʌntlɑɪn /
- noun
- Front, especially one between military positions
inoculate
US / ɪ'nɒkjʊleɪt /
•UK / ɪ'nɑ:kjʊleɪt /
- verb
- To inject a disease to build up immunity to it
include
US / ɪnˈklu:d /
•UK / ɪnˈklud /
- verb
- To make someone, something part of a group
first
US / fɜ:st /
•UK / fɚst /
- adjecitve
- 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
- noun
- Something that has not happened before
- Position of the winner of a competition
health
US / helθ /
•UK / hɛlθ /
- noun
- (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
people
US / 'pi:pl /
•UK / ˈpipəl /
- noun
- Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- Men, Women, Children
second
US / 'sekənd /
•UK / ˈsɛkənd /
- adjecitve
- 2nd; the one following first
- noun
- Unit of time; one sixtieth of a minute
- Short period of time that you wait for someone
- (Do) soon
week
US / wi:k /
•UK / wik /
- noun
- Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
that
US / ðæt /
•UK / ðæt, ðət /
- adjecitve
- The person or thing being talked about
- Used to identify something both the speakers know
- adverb
- Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
- To such a degree
- conjunction
- Used to connect a noun clause
- Used to introduce an adverbial clause
- Used to introduce a noun clause
- determiner
- Used as a noun to refer to something
- pronoun
- Referring an object far away
- Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’
ghanaian
US / ɡɑ:'neɪən /
•UK / ɡɑ:'neɪən /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of Ghana
- noun
- Person from Ghana
enough
US / ɪˈnʌf /
•UK / ɪˈnʌf /
- adjecitve
- Sufficient to answer the need
- adverb
- To a satisfactory degree
- pronoun
- Equal to what is needed; as much as required
- Adequate number or amount
sensitive
US / 'sensətɪv /
•UK / ˈsɛnsɪtɪv /
- adjecitve
- Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
- (Private information) needing careful treatment
- Concerning awareness of small differences
- Able to recognize the feelings of others
- Responsive to physical touch
- Becoming unstable
tally
US / 'tælɪ /
•UK / ˈtæli /
- noun
- A score or amount
- verb
- To count or reckon up; to score a point
dose
US / dəʊs /
•UK / doʊs /
- noun
- An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
- verb
- To give a certain amount of something to someone
accelerate
US / əkˈseləreɪt /
•UK / ækˈsɛləˌret /
- verb
- To cause to occur earlier than expected
- To increase the speed or rate of something
with
US / wɪð /
•UK / wɪð, wɪθ /
- preposition
- As an employee of a certain company
- Against something or someone
- By using something as a means
- Due to; because of
- Including
- Possessing as a feature
- Related to
- (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
- Used to express that people or things are together
have
US / həv /
•UK / hæv /
- verb
- To drink, smoke, eat or use something
- To experience the effects of something
- To organize an event, or join in an activity
- To own, possess, or hold something
- To cause to happen or produce a particular effect
last
US / lɑ:st /
•UK / læst /
- adjecitve
- Most recent; the latest
- The one before
- adverb
- Final; with nothing following; after all others
- Most recent; the latest
- determiner
- The one at the end
- verb
- To remain or continue for a certain period of time
tuesday
US / ˈtjuːzdeɪ /
•UK / ˈtuːzdeɪ /
- noun
- Second day of the week; the day after Monday
unicef
US / ˈjuːnɪsef /
•UK / ˈjuːnɪsef /
- proper noun
- An agency of the United Nations established in 1946 to help governments (especially in developing co
tranche
US / trɑːnʃ /
•UK / trɑːnʃ /
- noun
- Portion of something (e.g. money)
month
US / mʌnθ /
•UK / mʌnθ /
- noun
- One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year
protect
US / prə'tekt /
•UK / prəˈtɛkt /
- verb
- To defend someone or something from harm or danger
world
US / wɜ:ld /
•UK / wɜrld /
- noun
- All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- Political division due to some kind of similarity
accord
US / ə'kɔ:d /
•UK / əˈkɔ:rd /
- noun
- Agreement or harmony
- An agreement or treaty between countries
- verb
- To be in harmony or agreement; consent
- To give (someone) the respect due to them
suffer
US / 'sʌfə(r) /
•UK / ˈsʌfɚ /
- verb
- To experience pain, illness, or injury
continent
US / ˈkɒntɪnənt /
•UK / ˈkɑntənənt /
- noun
- Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
free
US / fri: /
•UK / fri /
- adjecitve
- Living, happening without being controlled
- Costing no money
- Not working; not busy
- verb
- To release (e.g. bird) from a cage or prison
this
US / ðɪs /
•UK / ðɪs /
- adjecitve
- Used to indicate something already been discussed
- Used to indicate something happening around now
- adverb
- An indication by a physical motion or gesture
- A specific amount of
- determiner
- Person, thing, or idea near you
- pronoun
- Person, thing that has already been discussed
nevertheless
US / ˌnevəðəˈles /
•UK / ˌnevərðəˈles /
- adverb
- In spite of what has just been said; nonetheless
the
US / ðə /
•UK / ðə /
- article
- Used to refer to something already mentioned
- Used to show there is only one of something
- determiner
- Used to describe all of a family
goal
US / ɡəʊl /
•UK / ɡol /
- noun
- Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- (Sports) net into which you put a ball to score
- (Sports) act of scoring by putting a ball in a net
less
US / les /
•UK / lɛs /
- adjecitve
- Smaller in amount or degree
- adverb
- To a smaller degree
- noun
- A smaller amount
- preposition
- With the subtraction of
half
US / hɑ:f /
•UK / hæf, hɑf /
- adjecitve
- Not complete
- adverb
- Partly; somewhat
- noun
- One of two equal periods of game time in a sport
- The part you get when one is divided into two;
other
US / 'ʌðə(r) /
•UK / ˈʌðər /
- adjecitve
- A thing different from that mentioned
- determiner
- (Something) else; not the first (one)
- pronoun
- Being the one and only thing of that category
capital
US / 'kæpɪtl /
•UK / ˈkæpɪtl /
- adjecitve
- Main, or major
- noun
- Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- Official main city of a country, province or state
- Collective name for money, shares, and assets
- Money that is used for a business
than
US / ðən /
•UK / ðən /
- conjunction
- Used to compare two things that are not equal
statement
US / ˈsteɪtmənt /
•UK / ˈstetmənt /
- noun
- Record of activity in a bank account over time
- Act or process of saying something formally
wealthy
US / ˈwelθi /
•UK / ˈwɛlθi /
- adjecitve
- Having a great quantity of money or property
fraction
US / ˈfrækʃn /
•UK / ˈfrækʃən /
- noun
- Small part of something
launch
US / lɔ:ntʃ /
•UK / lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ /
- noun
- Starting a new project; introducing new product
- Act of firing rockets into the air
- verb
- To start a new project; start selling a product
- To put a rocket into the air
- To put a ship into the water for the first time
since
US / sɪns /
•UK / sɪns /
- adverb
- At a point before the present time
- conjunction
- For this reason; because
- preposition
- From the time in the past that
mass
US / mæs /
•UK / mæs /
- noun
- Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
- Large amount or number of something
- Main or largest part of something
- Large number of people considered as a whole
- Amount of matter that an object has
- verb
- To gather people or things into a large group
vaccine
US / 'væksi:n /
•UK / vækˈsin,ˈvækˌsin /
- noun
- Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
for
US / fə(r) /
•UK / fɔr,fə /
- preposition
- Used to show the purpose, or need of something
immunization
US / ˌɪmjʊnaɪ'zeɪʃn /
•UK / ˌɪmjʊnəˈzeʃən /
- noun
- Giving a drug to protect someone from disease
- Protection from prosecution or accusation
joint
US / dʒɔɪnt /
•UK / dʒɔɪnt /
- adjecitve
- Shared; involving working together; in common
- noun
- Body parts where bones meet and can move together
- Point at which two things meet (e.g. a road)
- A club or restaurant; place where you are
flight
US / flaɪt /
•UK / flaɪt /
- noun
- Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
- Trip by plane, helicopter etc.
shoot
US / ʃu:t /
•UK / ʃut /
- noun
- Emerging new part of a plant
- verb
- To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
- To (cause to) fly away forcefully
- To use a camera to record a film/take a photograph
just
US / dʒʌst /
•UK / dʒʌst /
- adjecitve
- Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
- Doing or being what is right or fair
- Legally correct; having enough evidence
- adverb
- Almost; nearly
- Exactly at the time of
- Exactly (the same as, like)
nation
US / 'neɪʃn /
•UK / ˈneʃən /
- noun
- Area or region controlled by a government and army
report
US / rɪ'pɔ:t /
•UK / rɪˈpɔrt, ˈport /
- noun
- Account of the necessary facts and information
- The telling of news in the media
- Official statement about something
- verb
- To submit a report or bill to the government
- To write in a newspaper or speak on a news program
- To state something officially
- To officially present yourself to an authority
- To describe something by telling it to others
accra
US / /
•UK / /
- proper noun
- The capital of Ghana, a port on the Gulf of Guinea; population 1,970,400 (est. 2005).
urge
US / ɜ:dʒ /
•UK / ɚdʒ /
- noun
- A strong desire for something
- Strong pressure on someone to do something
- verb
- To drive something forward
- To ask or encourage someone to do something
those
US / ðəʊz /
•UK / ðoz /
- determiner
- The people or things we are talking about
- pronoun
- The objects far from the speaker
their
US / ðɛː /
•UK / ðer /
- determiner
- Belonging to them
death
US / deθ /
•UK / dɛθ /
- noun
- When someone dies; the end of life
hospital
US / ˈhɒspɪtl /
•UK / ˈhɑ:spɪtl /
- noun
- Building for sick people, with doctors and nurses
fast
US / fɑ:st /
•UK / fæst /
- adjecitve
- In a way that is difficult to move or change
- Moving or able to move quickly
- Showing time that is later than the actual time
- adverb
- With a great deal of speed
- noun
- Period of time when a person chooses not to eat
- verb
- To refuse food for a long time
who
US / hu: /
•UK / hu /
- pronoun
- Which person
- Used to introduce information about people
worker
US / ˈwɜ:kə(r) /
•UK / ˈwɜ:rkə(r) /
- noun
- Person who works
its
US / ɪts /
•UK / ɪts /
- adjecitve
- Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
- determiner
- Of something; belonging or related to something
- other
- Possessive form of “it”
billion
US / ˈbɪljən /
•UK / ˈbɪljən /
- noun
- Number 1,000,000,000
queue
US / kju: /
•UK / kju /
- noun
- Line of people or cars waiting for something
risk
US / rɪsk /
•UK / rɪsk /
- noun
- Actions that cause potential problems
- verb
- To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
country
US / ˈkʌntri /
•UK / ˈkʌntri /
- noun
- An area of land that is controlled by a government
- Open land that is away from towns and cities
general
US / 'dʒenrəl /
•UK / ˈdʒɛnərəl /
- adjecitve
- Widespread, normal or usual
- noun
- Top ranked officer in the army
several
US / ˈsevrəl /
•UK / ˈsɛvərəl,ˈsɛvrəl /
- adjecitve
- Many of
- pronoun
- More than two but not a large amount
wednesday
US / ˈwenzdeɪ /
•UK / ˈwenzdeɪ /
- noun
- Third day of the week; the day after Tuesday
kickstarting
US / /
•UK / /
- verb
- To make something start to happen; give a boost to
and
US / ənd /
•UK / ənd, ən,ænd /
- conjunction
- Used to refer to two or more things
- Plus; in addition; on top of that
- Used to introduce an action that follows another
back
US / bæk /
•UK / bæk /
- adjecitve
- Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
- adverb
- Have returned to a place you were before
- noun
- The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
- Location at the rear of something
- The reverse of side something
- Area on the rear of your body
- verb
- To bet money on something
- To go backwards in a car
- To support and encourage someone or some cause
poor
US / pʊə(r) /
•UK / pʊr /
- adjecitve
- Inferior; below the normal standard
- Deserving of pity or sympathy
- Without money; not rich
administer
US / əd'mɪnɪstə(r) /
•UK / ædˈmɪnɪstɚ /
- verb
- To give e.g. medicine to a patient
- To manage or have responsibility for something
- To ensure something is performed correctly, fairly
arrive
US / əˈraɪv /
•UK / əˈraɪv /
- verb
- To reach the place you are traveling to
aim
US / eɪm /
•UK / em /
- noun
- Act of pointing something at a target
- Purpose or goal
- verb
- To point something at a target
- To intend to get a thing or for a thing to happen
wave
US / weɪv /
•UK / wev /
- noun
- Movement of sound, air or energy
- Deep and strong emotion that is suddenly felt
- Slightly curved shape in hair
- Frequency of movement of objects together
- Up and down movement of water in a lake or sea
- Signal with your hand to say hello or goodbye
- verb
- To cause to move side to side or back and forth
- To swing back and forth as a result of the wind
- To move your hand or arm to say hello or goodbye
from
US / frəm /
•UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /
- preposition
- Starting at a particular place, time or level
overwhelm
US / ˌəʊvəˈwelm /
•UK / ˌoʊvərˈwelm /
- verb
- To defeat something or someone completely
- To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
- To cause to have too much to handle (e.g. work)
share
US / ʃeə(r) /
•UK / ʃɛr /
- noun
- Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- Part of a company you own, shown by a certificate
- verb
- To divide something between two or more people
- To allow others to use your things equally
- To give information, etc. to someone
forge
US / fɔ:dʒ /
•UK / fɔ:rdʒ /
- noun
- A furnace to melt and shape metals with heat
- verb
- To create something by hammering hot metal
- To form something new, such a relationship
- To make a false copy to deceive others
scheme
US / ski:m /
•UK / skim /
- noun
- Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
- Way something is organized, e.g. colors of a room
- verb
- To make secret plans to do something (often bad)
two
US / tu: /
•UK / tu /
- number
- 2
develop
US / dɪ'veləp /
•UK / dɪˈvɛləp /
- verb
- To explain something in steps and in detail
- To create or think of something
- To grow bigger, more complex, or more advanced
- To make a photograph from film
race
US / reɪs /
•UK / res /
- noun
- Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
- People who share physical features or culture
- verb
- To take part in a running or swimming competition
- To move or go at a very fast pace
- To take someone, something to a place very quickly
herd
US / hɜ:d /
•UK / hɜ:rd /
- noun
- Group of the same animal that eat, live together
- Group of people who are easily influenced
- verb
- To gather animals together to move them
- To come together into a group
prioritize
US / praɪˈɒrətaɪz /
•UK / praɪˈɔ:rətaɪz /
- verb
- To rank things in importance
director
US / də'rektə(r) /
•UK / dɪˈrɛktɚ, daɪ- /
- noun
- Senior person who manages part of an organization
- Person who controls the acting in a movie or play
population
US / ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn /
•UK / ˌpɑpjəˈleʃən /
- noun
- Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
economy
US / ɪ'kɒnəmɪ /
•UK / ɪˈkɑnəmi /
- noun
- Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- Total of all goods, services and wages in an area
global
US / ˈgləʊbl /
•UK / ˈgloʊbl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
- Of, affecting, or involving the entire world
million
US / ˈmɪljən /
•UK / ˈmɪljən /
- number
- 1,000,000