Vocabulary

• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• in ruins: Reduced to a state of destruction or disrepair.
• in the open: Publicly; not secret.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• have to: Must do
• split up: To break up your marriage or relationship
• feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• strike: To hit something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• military: Army or armed forces
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• afford: To make available, to provide
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• account: An advantage
• rebel: Person who fights against established government
• aid: To help others and provide things
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• acute: (Of an angle in math) of less than 90 degrees
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• exhausting: To emit gas from the back of a car
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• staff: Employees of a company
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• contend: To struggle or compete for
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• nephew: Son of your brother or sister
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• tremor: Trembling/shaking from body weakness, stress, etc.
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
• slum: Poor section of a city with poor quality houses
• buddhist: Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
• burial: Act or ceremony of burying, e.g. of the dead
• close: Almost; near
• hut: Small and simple building
• monastery: Place where monks live
• junta: Military group that seized control of a country