Vocabulary

• border on: To be very similar to; come very close to
• have to: Must do
• under the surface: Not obvious or apparent; existing out of sight.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• along about: At or near a particular time or place.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• strike: To hit something
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• tiny: Very, very small
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• due: When something is required or expected
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• tectonic: Denoting or relating to construction or building
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• rupture: To (cause to) burst or break
• mount: To attach something to something else
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• accumulation: Act of becoming bigger or more over time
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• overdue: Past the date you should do something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• volcanic: (E.g. of a temperament) easily angered; violent
• happen: To take place or occur
• eruption: Act of happening suddenly or begin doing
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• converge: (E.g. of two roads) to come together
• successive: Happening one after another in a series
• convergence: When two or more things come together
• quake: Short for earthquake
• pensive: Dreamily thoughtful