Vocabulary

• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• have to: Must do
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• flat out: To go as fast as you possibly can
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• break into: To start suddenly (crying, panicking, etc.)
• pass by: To go past someone or something.
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• deliberately: In a careful, considered manner; on purpose
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• confession: Admission you have done something wrong
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• leave: To go away from; depart
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• fully: Completely or entirely
• accommodation: Adapting to become better at handling situations
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• daily: Happening every day
• blackout: When the electric power is off; outage
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• part: Division of a book
• burn: To destroy with fire
• firsthand: Received directly from a source
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• allege: To state without proof
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• wilderness: Rural area left natural and largely untouched
• dark: Of a color that is not light
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• extremist: (Of politics, etc.) far stronger than the norm
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• outage: Temporary loss of electrical power
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• arson: Crime of burning property
• southwest: Location in the southwestern part of an area