Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• on the move: Traveling or going from place to place.
• dead or alive: Regardless of whether someone is living or dead; in any condition.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• poverty: State of being poor
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• military: Army or armed forces
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• section: A part of a whole
• aid: To help others and provide things
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• dire: (E.g. of consequences) very serious
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• leave: To go away from; depart
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• persecution: Act of treating badly due to race, religion etc.
• investigation: Search for information about something
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
• cramp: Sharp, unexpected pain when a muscle becomes tight
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• daily: Happening every day
• alive: Living; not dead
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• coup: Successful taking over of a thing; sudden success
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• settlement: Official agreement that ends an argument
• pillar: Tall strong post that supports a building
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• homeless: Having no home; living on the streets
• live: To be alive
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• ash: Gray powder left after a fire
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• northern: In or toward the north
• camp: A (military) base
• hut: Small and simple building
• search: To examine a person's clothing to find something
• limbo: An uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement
• beggar: Poor person who asks others for money and food
• congest: To be or become very crowded