Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• come of age: To reach adulthood; to become an adult.
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• sum up
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• in honor of: To show respect and admiration for someone or something.
• connected with: Related to; associated with.
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• draw on: To come to its end
• such as: For example; like
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• extreme: Very great in degree
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• strike: To hit something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• respond: To answer something or someone
• role: Character played by an actor
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• pedestrian: Unremarkable; ordinary; not special
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• evident: Clearly the case; plain; apparent
• showcase: Cabinet to display objects or goods for sale
• residence: Place where a person lives
• inclusive: Covering or including everything
• drainage: Process of removing water or liquid from something
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• governance: Way a government is run; function of a government