Vocabulary

• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• going on: To continue doing something
• at the moment: At this time; now
• full picture: A complete and comprehensive understanding of a situation or issue.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• by foot: Walking, instead of using transport
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• on to: Toward something; forward
• have to: Must do
• get the picture: To understand a situation or idea.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• those in need: People who are poor, suffering, or disadvantaged and require help.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• set up
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• address: Exact street location of a place
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• huge: Very very large
• aid: To help others and provide things
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• exceptionally: In an extremely and unusually good way
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• torrential: (Of rain) falling very fast and in great quantity
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• underway: Happening now
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• picture: General situation or state of being
• reside: To live in; dwell; to be present
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• subside: To move down or sink to a lower level or degree
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• cyclone: Strong wind, similar to a hurricane, tornado, etc.
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• coconut: A large nut with a hairy shell and white flesh
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• loot: To steal things after riots or disasters
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area