Vocabulary

• chance of survival: The possibility of remaining alive, especially during a dangerous event.
• at least: As a minimum
• move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• important: Having power or authority
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fully: Completely or entirely
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• alive: Living; not dead
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• minimize: To make something seem small or less important
• unexpectedly: In a surprising way because not expected
• irreversible: Not able to be reversed/put back to previous state
• recoil: To quickly move away from something shocking
• refill: To make something full again
• compression: Act of reducing something in time, size, quantity