Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on to: Toward something; forward
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• after hours: After the usual closing time.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• set off: To start a journey
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• air time: The time allocated for broadcasting a program or commercial on radio or television.
• on the air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• have to: Must do
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• in terms of
• red flag: A warning sign or signal of danger or a problem.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• on the radar: Being noticed or tracked; within someone's awareness or attention.
• scheduled for: To be planned or arranged for a specific time.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
• next to: Being located along side another
• in itself: Considered alone or without reference to anything else; intrinsically.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• close call: A situation in which something bad almost happens; a narrow escape.
• back off: To stop supporting; lose courage
• phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• on the loose: Having escaped from captivity; free to move around without restraint.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• sit down: To take a seat
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• on point: Perfectly done; exactly right.
• on your toes: Being alert and ready for action.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• take a bow: To bend your head or body forward as a sign of respect or thanks to an audience.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• military: Army or armed forces
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• alive: Living; not dead
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• grizzly: Grayish
• prodigy: Young person who is amazingly talented
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• theater: Place where plays or movies are seen
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
• department: Division of a larger part or organization
• misty: Filled with fog or mist, so you can't see well
• tightly: In a manner that doesn't allow movement
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• giraffe: Tall African animal with very long neck and legs
• ballet: Form of theater telling a story in music and dance
• ballerina: Classical dancer who performs in a ballet
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning