Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• skipping meals: The act of not eating meals regularly.
• from hunger: Motivated or caused by a state of hunger.
• hand to mouth: Having only enough money to live on and nothing extra.
• heading home: Going towards one's home.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• not limited to: Including something but also allowing other things; not restricted to.
• black market: An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of official restrictions.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• address: Exact street location of a place
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• option: A choice
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• leave: To go away from; depart
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• scarcity: Very small or limited amount of something
• delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
• inability: Lack of ability, power, or means to do something
• hub: Center of action or interest
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• shut: To stop being open for business
• desperation: Feeling all hope is lost and you will do anything
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• compartment: Enclosed part used to hold particular thing
• workforce: The total number of working people
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• migrant: Person moving to live and work in another place
• subsidize: To aid, assist, or help pay a cost or price
• petroleum: Oil found in the ground used to make fuel
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• cylinder: Tube shape with flat ends
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• dung: Excretion from animals
• limbo: An uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement
• exodus: Going out or forth in a large group
• inconvenience: Quality of being difficult or annoying to do
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• refill: To make something full again
• worsen: To make or become worse
• dependence: Relying on someone for (e.g. financial) support
• curd: Solid substance forming in milk when it sours
• lifeline: Rope or cord used to attach a person to a boat
• roadside: Edge of a way or road or path
• marginalize: To make a person or group powerless or unimportant
• firewood: Wood that can be burned as fuel
• peacefully: In a calm and quiet manner; without using force
• unchanged: Not made or become different