Answer — Exercise 2
Writing 4 - Stories·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
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