Vocabulary

• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• concern about: To worry about something.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• news conference: A meeting organized for the purpose of disseminating information to the news media.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• move back: To retreat or withdraw from a position.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• in terms of
• in places: In some locations but not others
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• go on: To continue doing something
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• extreme: Very great in degree
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• express: To send something by fast mail
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• vigilant: Being watchful; careful to monitor events
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• haul: To pull or drag something heavy (e.g. boat)
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• comply: To obey; follow a rule, another's wishes etc.
• familiarity: Manner of talking or behaving
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• inhabit: To live in a certain area or place
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
• geography: Study of the earth and its natural features
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• homeland: Country where you were born