Unit 5 Flashcards
Unit 5
Bad news breaking unexpectedly
A bolt from the blue(idm)
A face that appears to be very angry
A face like thunder
A lot of fuss about smth unimportant
A storm in a teacup
To be isolated
Be cut off
The incident of a bridge falling down suddenly
Bridge collapse
What makes sth happen
Cause(of sth)
A group of people living in the same area together
Community
To reduce the consumption of sth
Cut down on
To interrupt sb(while speaking)
Cut in
To remove sth
Cut out
Desperately
Frantically
A long period of low or no rainfall
Drought
A result; a consequence
Effect(on sth)
A group of houses built together in an arrangement
Estate
To move away from your place because of danger
Evacuate
An exclusion
Exception
To feel rather ill
Feel under the weather
To be disconnected
Get cut off
A sudden and violent rush of wind
Gust
A period of unusually high temperatures
Heatwave
A severe storm
Hurricane
A lot of things will go wrong if one thing goes wrong first
It never rains but it pours
Very important
Major
Insignificant
Minor
Leakage of oil into the sea
Oil spill
The occurrence of a plane falling from the sky
Plane crash
To do sth very dangerous of harmful
Play with fire
Bigger than ever before(breaking a previous record)
Record
A car accident
Road traffic incident
The occurrence of a ship being destroyed in the sea
Shipwreck
A small and narrow river
Stream
A black material used for covering roads
Tarmac
The outcome of a test
Test result
The group of people in power responsible for a specific area
The authorities
A series of unpleasant incidents and feeling following a disaster
Trail
A train going off the tracks
Train derailment
A huge sea wave caused by an earthquake
Tsunami
Sth used for transport on land, e.g. a car
Vehicle
A piece of paper that can be exchanged for goods or services
Voucher
An uncontrollable blaze in a forest. etc
Wildfire
To set off(an alarm)
Activate
A severe storm in which small balls of ice fall from the sky
Hailstorm
Stones, bricks, glass, etx that remain after a building is destroyed
Rubble
A strong destructive fire
Blaze
What remains after sth has been burnt but not fully extinguished
Hot ashes
In a place where sb cannot touch sth
Out of (sb’s) reach
A metal container for cooking food
Pan
To extinguish
Put out
The highest speed allowed
Speed limit
Not being looked after
Unattended
To transport sb/sth by aircraft
Airlift
Having a lot to do
Busy
Dedication
Commitment
Basically
Essentially
Getting in contact with and affected by sth
Exposure
A death
Fatality
To collapse under preasure
Give way
Small
Modest
Especially
Particularly
Inadequately
Poorly
Constructed for a specific purpose
Purpose-built
Money necessary for a club, organisation, etc to run normally
Running costs
To create; to organise
Set up
To regard sb/sth as less than they are
Underestimate
