Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• at speed: Moving quickly.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• huge: Very very large
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• steep: Very expensive
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• slam: To criticize sharply
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• investigation: Search for information about something
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• public: Owned by the government
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• dozen: 12 people or things
• electronic: Operating by use of electricity; digital
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• person: Man, woman or child
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• avenue
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• wreckage: Remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
• derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• downhill: From higher ground to lower ground
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• sidewalk: Paved area for pedestrians, usually beside a road
• heartfelt: Earnest; sincere; strongly felt
• tram: Vehicle that runs on cables or rails
• streetcar: Electric wheeled vehicle that runs on rails