Vocabulary

• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• at the moment: At this time; now
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• locking up: The act of imprisoning someone.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• in hospital: Admitted to a hospital for treatment.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• have to: Must do
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• going on: To continue doing something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• rage: Strong or violent anger
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• huge: Very very large
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• velocity: Speed in a given direction
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• anguish: Great suffering caused by pain, worry, unhappiness
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• epicenter: Point directly above the focus of an earthquake
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• area: Amount of measured space
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• nephew: Son of your brother or sister
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• happen: To take place or occur
• partial: Giving better treatment to one person than another
• cubic: Measurement of the length, width, and height
• mudslide: Landslide of mud
• heartache: Intense sorrow caused by loss, e.g. of a loved one
• mobilization: (Of army) act of getting ready for action