Vocabulary

• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• baseball field: A field on which baseball is played.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• get at: To criticize someone, often personally
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• set up
• at least: As a minimum
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• surreal: Concerning surrealism
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• aid: To help others and provide things
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• leave: To go away from; depart
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• hub: Center of action or interest
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• urgent: Very important and needing immediate attention
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• entrepreneurial: Open to new ideas about starting new businesses
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• demolish: To destroy completely (e.g. an idea, a building)
• mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• closure: Feeling of accepting a death, divorce etc.
• tent: Portable cloth shelter used outdoors for camping
• rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
• burial: Act or ceremony of burying, e.g. of the dead
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• eventual: Coming or happening at a later or end of the time
• depot: Storage place for goods
• connectivity: Degree to which computer system has connections
• displacement: Number of liters a petrol engine has
• stabilization: Making something stable, e.g. body's condition
• seaside: Resort area next to the sea shore
• centralize: To locate efforts, energy into one place or thing