Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• emergency response: The actions taken to deal with an unexpected and dangerous event.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• in motion: Moving; not stationary.
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• time left: The amount of time that remains or is available.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• equate to: To be the same as or equal to something else.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• falling apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• rack up: To accumulate or amass something, typically debts or points.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• give back: To return something you borrowed
• in the absence of: When someone or something is not present or available.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• aid: To help others and provide things
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• tuition: Money that is paid for lessons
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• staff: Employees of a company
• coverage: Type of programs a radio or TV station broadcasts
• motion: Suggestion at a meeting
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• prop: Moveable item used on the set of a theater/film
• fracture: Break in a bone, usually small
• assistance: Act of helping someone
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• workforce: The total number of working people
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• equate: To consider things to be equal or the same
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• spotlight: Lamp that produces a strong beam of light
• dual: (Of two similar things) existing/used side by side
• backbone: Strength and determination
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• responder: Someone who responds to an emergency call