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
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• consider: To think carefully about something
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strength: Condition of being strong
• strike: To hit something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• resentment: Feeling of anger because of unfair treatment
• 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
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• 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
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
• impoverished: Not having enough money; short of money
• rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• northern: In or toward the north
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• interim: Acting or being used for a limited period of time
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• clap: To make loud sounds by striking the hands together
• neighbourhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• mismanagement: Management that is careless or inefficient