Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• leave: To go away from; depart
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• depth: Distance below a surface
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• staff: Employees of a company
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• host: Mass; a great number
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• valley: Area between mountains with river running through
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• area: Amount of measured space
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• sheriff: Officer who enforces the law in an area
• elementary: Basic, simple, or essential
• submerge: To sink or put below the surface
• truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
• camp: A (military) base
• junction: Place where streets, highways, or roads meet
• county: Administrative region within a country or a state
• hurry: To move, act, get somewhere, do something quickly
• safe: Highly likely
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• chute: Sloping channel or passage to throw things down
• southwest: Location in the southwestern part of an area
• caper: Pickled green flower bud used to add savor to food
• campground: Site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
• arcadia: Department of Greece in the central Peloponnese