Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• read out: To read something aloud so that other people can hear it.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• in terms of
• in the ground: Located within or beneath the surface of the earth.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• leave it there: To put something down and not move it from that location.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• strike: To hit something
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• aid: To help others and provide things
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• daily: Happening every day
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• circulate: To go round continuously
• escalation: An increase in severity
• happen: To take place or occur
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• come: To arrive at a place
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• close: Almost; near
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food