Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• against time: Working under pressure to meet a deadline; in a race to finish something quickly.
• boil over: When a boiling liquid overflows the container.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• at least: As a minimum
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strike: To hit something
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• resentment: Feeling of anger because of unfair treatment
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• chill: State of being a little cold
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• scarce: Not many; Not plentiful or abundant
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• coordination: When parts of your body work well together
• act: To behave in a certain way
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• miraculous: Wonderful; extraordinary
• bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
• impoverished: Not having enough money; short of money
• yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• picture: General situation or state of being
• coastline: Area of sea alongside the land in an area
• rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• quake: Short for earthquake
• traumatise: To cause trauma and shock to a person