Vocabulary

• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• such as: For example; like
• set up
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• on the spot: Immediately; at that location.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• due to: Because of; owing to
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• on duty
• off guard: In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• military: Army or armed forces
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• seek: To ask someone for help
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• blow: To move something using air
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• previously: At an earlier time
• 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
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• public: Owned by the government
• reinforcement: Act of strengthening or supporting an army
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• swiftly: Quickly
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• attentive: Thoughtful and considerate
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• underway: Happening now
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
• deputy: Assistant to a leader who acts on his, her behalf
• promptly: At a particular or expected time; right on time
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• ashore: Onto the land from the water
• landfall: Seacoast first sighted on a voyage or flight
• inundate: To fill up beyond the capacity of; flood
• clinch: To finalize a deal, etc.; prove a point
• bodyguard: Man who escorts and protects some important person
• loudspeaker: Machine that makes sound louder