Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• break it down: To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
• often seen: Frequently observed; commonly encountered.
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• on time
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• flexible: Bending easily
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• click: To work well with someone or something
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• unleash: To release or let an animal go
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• exaggeration: Act of trying to make things seem more extreme
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• wreak: To cause something damaging or violent to happen
• torrential: (Of rain) falling very fast and in great quantity
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• guardian: Person who guards, protects, or preserves
• dispatch: To send (people or objects) somewhere
• confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
• review: To carefully look at the quality of something
• southern: Concerning a region in the south
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• death: When someone dies; the end of life
• herald: To proclaim; announce; say something is coming
• prefix: Part of a word added to the front, e.g. UNhappy
• cancel: To end a legal, business, or other agreement
• displace: To cause someone to move from their usual place
• waterfall: Steep descent of the water of a river
• torrent: A great deal of; many
• weekend: Saturday and Sunday, after the normal working week
• misplace: To put something in the wrong place