Vocabulary

• in terms of
• due to: Because of; owing to
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• tuck in: To start to eat a meal
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• available from: Obtainable or accessible from a particular source or location.
• live off: To receive money from someone on which to live
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• from one day to the next: Suddenly or very quickly, often overnight.
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• on a daily basis: Happening every day.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• extreme: Very great in degree
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• afford: To make available, to provide
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• aid: To help others and provide things
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• respond: To answer something or someone
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• tuck: To put something into a small or safe place
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• basis: Main ingredient or part of something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• daily: Happening every day
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• delegation: A group of people sent as representatives
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• live: To be alive
• evade: To avoid being captured; avoid answering
• artillery: Guns used by the military larger than machine guns
• spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
• shaky: Tending to shake, as from weakness or defect
• displace: To cause someone to move from their usual place
• lifeline: Rope or cord used to attach a person to a boat
• bloodshed: Violence leading to blood being split
• dell: Small wooded hollow in some land; small valley