Vocabulary

• set on: To attack
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• at least: As a minimum
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• cracking down: To act forcefully in order to reduce crime, etc.
• stand down: To end a state of readiness, e.g. for war
• due to: Because of; owing to
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• green light
• increased risk: A greater chance of something harmful or dangerous happening.
• concern about: To worry about something.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• turn away: To go in a different direction; not face something
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• stumble across: To find something unexpectedly or by chance.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• walk down: To walk along or down something.
• set up
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• help out: To assist someone
• climb up: To ascend or move to a higher position by using one's hands and feet.
• have to: Must do
• off the rails: Out of control; behaving unpredictably.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• military: Army or armed forces
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
• assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• fetch: To go and get something and bring it back
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• courageous: Able to face danger without fear
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• coup: Successful taking over of a thing; sudden success
• valley: Area between mountains with river running through
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• embassy: Building where an ambassador works
• raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
• violently: In a forceful way that may cause physical damage
• apprehend: To arrest someone
• illegally: In a manner not allowed by law; criminally
• inoculation: Injection of a disease to build up immunity to it
• frontline: Front, especially one between military positions
• firefighter: Person whose job is stopping and putting out fires
• kitty: Amount of money a group of people share
• overcrowd: To have too many people or things in