Vocabulary

• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• march on: To continue with a journey or task despite difficulties.
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• check out
• a shred of: A very small amount of something.
• for the sake of: For the purpose of; in the interest of.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• act on: To have an effect on something.
• stand out
• in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
• struggle for survival: The effort to stay alive in a difficult or dangerous situation.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• got to: To arrive at some place
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• dread: To await with great fear
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• mercy: Kind instead of harsh treatment of someone
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• scar: Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• cramp: Sharp, unexpected pain when a muscle becomes tight
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• paranoia: Disorder in which you fear people want to harm you
• suffocate: To (cause to) die from lack of air to breathe
• madness: Obsolete term for legal insanity
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• squad: A sports team
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• ambush: Act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• submarine: Ship that travels above and below the sea
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• cruelty: Intention to hurt others or be mean to them
• portrayal: Actor's representation of a character
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• arduous: Requiring a lot of effort; difficult and tiring
• trench: Long narrow hole dug in the ground
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• harrowing: Extremely shocking or upsetting
• erupt: To begin doing something or happen suddenly
• carnage: Destruction and devastation involving human deaths
• claustrophobic: Afraid of being trapped in a small place
• sniper: Person who shoots at people from a hidden position
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• hawk: Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
• overrun: To exceed or be too much; take too long
• exposition: Public event to display different products
• cinematography: Act of making a film