Vocabulary

• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• in droves: In large numbers; in a large group.
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• as it stands: In the present condition or situation.
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• section: A part of a whole
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• intersection: Place where two things cross
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• silent: Without making any noise; soundless
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• part: Division of a book
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• tragically: In a very sad manner, usually due to a death
• happen: To take place or occur
• unit: One apartment in a building
• calmer: Having become more relaxed, less worried etc.
• pact: Agreement between people or countries
• partnership: Shared business relationship with someone
• online: Connected to the internet