Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• at least: As a minimum
• news conference: A meeting organized for the purpose of disseminating information to the news media.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• leave: To go away from; depart
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• blanket: Piece of cloth you covers yourself with in bed
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• allocate: To distribute or set apart for a plan or purpose
• con: To trick or deceive someone
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• crane: Water bird characterized by its long neck and legs
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• registry: Place where official records are kept
• online: Connected to the internet
• reconstruction: Process of rebuilding or improving structures
• granddaughter: Your son or daughter's daughter
• dado: Rectangular groove in wood to fit another piece in