Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• alive: Living; not dead
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• part: Division of a book
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• long: Person's name
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• wane: To become smaller, weaker or less