Vocabulary

• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• at least: As a minimum
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in answer to: As a response to something.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• extreme: Very great in degree
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• shift: To change in position or direction
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• staff: Employees of a company
• public: Owned by the government
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• suffocate: To (cause to) die from lack of air to breathe
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• restrict: To prevent a person from doing something
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• mercury: Silver-white metal that is used in thermometers
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area
• heatwave: Period of very high temperatures