Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• have on: To be wearing something.
• let off: To allow someone to go unpunished for wrongdoing
• back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• deeply affected: Strongly influenced or touched emotionally.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• urge: A strong desire for something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• initial: First letter of your given name
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• leave: To go away from; depart
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• improvise: To compose, speak or perform without preparation
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• allocate: To distribute or set apart for a plan or purpose
• area: Amount of measured space
• hue: Degree of lightness/darkness/strength of a color
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• underway: Happening now
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• carnage: Destruction and devastation involving human deaths
• salvage: To save damaged or discarded material
• livelihood: Way someone earns money to live
• landfall: Seacoast first sighted on a voyage or flight
• incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
• inundate: To fill up beyond the capacity of; flood