Vocabulary

• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• amount: Quantity of something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• area: Amount of measured space
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• torch: Light or flame to be carried in the hand
• subside: To move down or sink to a lower level or degree
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• reiterate: To say something again for further emphasis
• torrent: A great deal of; many
• wade: Person's name
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• doorway: The space that a door can close