Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• have to: Must do
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• against time: Working under pressure to meet a deadline; in a race to finish something quickly.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in the streets: Located or happening outdoors in public roads or areas.
• bed down: To prepare or settle down to sleep.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in terms of
• page in: Contact someone by pager urgently.
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• deal with
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• poverty: State of being poor
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• huge: Very very large
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• aid: To help others and provide things
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• toddler: Young child learning to walk
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• 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)
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• area: Amount of measured space
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
• scarcely: Only a very short time before
• northern: In or toward the north
• carnage: Destruction and devastation involving human deaths
• freelance: To work for yourself, not a company
• flatten: To make level and spread out over a surface
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass
• etch: To cut lines on metal to make a picture