Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• freak out: To react or behave in a wild or irrational way
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• strike: To hit something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• epicenter: Point directly above the focus of an earthquake
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• bureau: Administrative unit of government
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• precarious: Not secure; likely to fall over/off; dangerous
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• tragically: In a very sad manner, usually due to a death
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• quake: Short for earthquake