Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• at least: As a minimum
• under maintenance: Being repaired or undergoing necessary maintenance work.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in hospital: Admitted to a hospital for treatment.
• on site: At the location of a particular activity or project.
• all hands on deck: A call for everyone to work together in a difficult situation.
• on deck: In baseball, being the next batter to come up to bat.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• sort out: To find a way of dealing with a problem; resolve
• deal with
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• fraction: Small part of something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• due: When something is required or expected
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• frequently: Often; regularly
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• staff: Employees of a company
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• collide: To come together or crash with a lot of force
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• land: Region or country
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• adjacent: Being close or near to a border, wall, or point
• carriage: Vehicle on wheels, usually pulled by a horse
• inspection: Official examination to make sure everything is ok
• part: Division of a book
• overhead: Located above your head or in the sky
• wreckage: Remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
• derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
• unit: One apartment in a building
• oncoming: (E.g. of traffic) moving towards