Reading: Wildfire Roar across Southern Europe

Question 1

In full swing

Answer 1

At a stage when the level of activity is at its highest
Ex: the fire is in full swing across the Mediterian

Question 2

Rage

Answer 2

To happen in a strong or violent way
Ex: in France, fires raged on Tuesday less than 10 miles from the resort city of Nice

Question 3

Assistance in doing something

Answer 3

Help or support
Ex: The authorities asked NATO for assistance in dealing with fires

Question 4

Evacuation

Answer 4

The act of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe

Ex: severe wildfires had forced evacuations along the coast

Question 5

Back

Answer 5

Support

Ex: firefighters had backed by planes spraying fire-retardant

Question 6

Flame retardant (fire retardant)

Answer 6

That makes a fire burn more slowly
Ex: the chair had flame-retardant covers

Question 7

Contain

Answer 7

Prevent sth harmful from spreading worse

• to contain an epidemic

Ex: farms in the area have been closed off in an attempt to contain disease

Question 8

Blaze

Answer 8

Fire
Ex: firefighters were trying to contain a blaze

Question 9

Die down

Answer 9

To become reduced in strength
Ex: the situation improved after winds died down

Question 10

Taste of

Answer 10

A short Experience of something
Ex: the Continent got a taste of what was to come last month.

Question 11

Largely

Answer 11

Almost completely
Ex: the fires were also largely under control after a dozen houses burned along the coast

Question 12

Suburb

Answer 12

An area on the edge of the large town where people work in the town often live
Ex: Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne

Question 13

Acres

Answer 13

A unit for measuring area
Ex: he’s got 400 acres of land in Russia

Question 14

Tear

Answer 14

To move quickly
Ex: a blaze tore through central city

Question 15

Leave … adj

Answer 15

When a blaze tore through central city, leaving more than 60 people dead

Question 16

Tragedy

Answer 16

A very sad event or situation, especially one that involves death
Ex: the whole affair ended in tragedy

Question 17

Devastation

Answer 17

Damage and destruction
Ex: the storm left behind it a trait of devastation

Question 18

Firefighting

Answer 18

The activity of stopping fires burning
Ex: the government asked NATO for 2 firefighting aircraft

Question 19

Intervention

Answer 19

Action taken to improve or help a situation

• intervention in something

Ex: calls for government intervention to save the steel industry

Question 20

Full member

Answer 20

So who is part of an organization and has all the rights to participle in it
Ex: Montenegro became a full member of NATO just last month

Question 21

Alliance

Answer 21

A group of countries, political parties who have to work together because of shared interests or aims

Ex: a military alliance

Question 22

Circulate

Answer 22

To send goods or information to all the people in a group ( lưu hành)

Ex: the request was immediately circulated

Question 23

Touristy

Answer 23

Attracting or designed to attract a lot of tourist

Ex: people were evacuated from residential as well as touristy parts of Rome

Question 24

Extingquish

Answer 24

To make a fire stop burning
Ex: firefighters extinguished a wildfire

Question 25

Suspect

Answer 25

To have an idea that something is probably true but without having definite proof

• strongly suspect
• reason to suspect
• It is suspected that
• suspected of the crime

Ex: the authorities arrested a man suspected of arson

Question 26

Arson

Answer 26

The crime of delibrately setting fire to something
Ex: to carry out an arson attack

Question 27

Ravage

Answer 27

To damage something badly
Ex: Fires have ravaged the national park for several days

Question 28

Pasture

Answer 28

Grass suitable for cows to eat

• put SO out to pasture

Ex: fields and pastures have burned in central and southern Italy in recent weeks

Question 29

Spare … from

Answer 29

Save somebody from having through an unpleasant experience
Ex: her family was spared from the serious devastation.