Vocabulary

• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• in the wind: Something likely to happen or be revealed soon.
• in sight: Visible; able to be seen.
• tumble down: To fall quickly and in a chaotic way.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• on the alert: Being watchful and ready to react immediately.
• hide behind: To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
• close by: Near in distance; nearby.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• curl up: To lie or sit with your legs bent close to your body.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• spot: A certain place or area
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• aid: To help others and provide things
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
• soak: To make something completely wet
• steep: Very expensive
• sturdy: Substantially made or built; strong
• inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• sway: Power or influence to control a person or group
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• teeny: Very small
• saturate: To cause a liquid to not be able to absorb more
• sludge: Very thick type of mud, usually caused by rain
• rumble: Low, heavy continuous sound or series of sounds
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• outrun: To run faster than
• upstairs: On a floor above