Vocabulary

• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• in hospital: Admitted to a hospital for treatment.
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• contend with: To struggle or deal with something difficult.
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• factor: Something that influences a result
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• respond: To answer something or someone
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• 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
• investigation: Search for information about something
• sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• fill: To make something full
• collide: To come together or crash with a lot of force
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• contend: To struggle or compete for
• adverse: Negative or harmful
• gale: Strong wind; very windy weather
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• inferno: Large fire in a building or other place
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• liaison: Romantic relationship
• fireman: Male firefighter