Vocabulary

• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• bow to: To bend the head or body as a sign of respect or greeting.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• set up
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• financial: Involving money
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• require: To demand that someone does something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• account: An advantage
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• leave: To go away from; depart
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• sole: The part of your foot which touches the ground
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• bow: To (cause to) curve or bend
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• malfunction: A failure of something to work properly
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
• lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
• diaphragm: Muscular membrane separating upper/lower organs
• ordeal: Event that is difficult to survive, live through
• arrow: Symbol used on road signs to show direction
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• caregiver: Person giving care or helping others
• spleen: Organ near stomach that controls quality of blood
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten