Cover of the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Writing 4 - Stories for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Use the extra information in sentences 1-5 above to guess the meanings of the words in bold. Translate the sentences into your language.

Answer

1

  • ruined: badly damaged or destroyed
  • stranded: stuck, unable to move
  • rescue: take to safety

2

  • spread: move from one area to another
  • evacuate: get all the people out of a place
  • went up in flames: set on fire very quickly

3

  • triggered: set off, started
  • waves: movement of water in the sea, like a wall of water
  • destroyed: so badly damaged there is nothing of any use left

4

  • tremors: shaking, vibrations, movement of the earth
  • flee: escape, run away from something
  • lava: red hot molten rock from a volcano

5

  • path: the route or way that something goes
  • flattened: made flat, knocked to the ground
  • blown off: taken off by the force of the wind

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