Vocabulary

• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• break from: To separate oneself from an association or way of life, typically due to disagreement or disillusionment.
• at least: As a minimum
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• break apart: To separate into pieces; disintegrate.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• slam: To criticize sharply
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• century: Period of 100 years
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• land: Region or country
• torrential: (Of rain) falling very fast and in great quantity
• attic: Room at the top of a house just below the roof
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• overlook: To look down on; be able to see from
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• bluff: To pretend to do something to trick someone
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
• unrelenting: Non-stop; without stopping
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• skid: To slide along a surface in an uncontrolled way