Vocabulary

• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• as time goes by: Over the course of time; as time passes.
• news conference: A meeting organized for the purpose of disseminating information to the news media.
• on the lookout: Vigilantly searching for someone or something.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• initial: First letter of your given name
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• respond: To answer something or someone
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• century: Period of 100 years
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• journalist: Writer of news reports for newspapers etc.
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• tide: Way opinions or events are developing or changing
• wary: Concerned about danger; cautious; circumspect
• heed: To take notice of; pay attention to; care about
• perish: Usually poetic to be destroyed; die
• lookout: Person who keeps watch, e.g. for an enemy
• triple: Group or set of three
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• meteorological: Of the weather or weather forecasts