Vocabulary

• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• at least: As a minimum
• at the moment: At this time; now
• turn into: To change to become something else
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• mobile home
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• consider: To think carefully about something
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• blow: To move something using air
• feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• triumph: Joy from victory or success
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• trailer: Advertisement of short scenes from a movie
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• attic: Room at the top of a house just below the roof
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• monstrous: Abnormally large or bad
• downpour: A heavy rain shower