Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• in floods: Crying a lot, with many tears flowing.
• in a flash: Extremely quickly; instantaneously.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• update on: To provide the latest information about something.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• consider: To think carefully about something
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• frequently: Often; regularly
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• utter: To make a particular sound; speak
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• livestock: Any animals kept for use or profit
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• torrential: (Of rain) falling very fast and in great quantity
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• subside: To move down or sink to a lower level or degree
• oppressive: Keeping people under your control, in a cruel way
• monsoon: Seasonal wind system in India, etc., bringing rain
• zip: To compress digital documents into one file
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
• submerge: To sink or put below the surface
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
• foothold: Place providing support for the foot when climbing
• hillside: Side or slope of a hill
• campsite: Site where people on holiday can pitch a tent