Vocabulary: Natural Disasters & Emergencies

Vocabulary B1/B2

Disasters & Emergencies

The exhaustive master guide for extreme situations! Select the tabs below to switch between disasters, people, verbs, and idioms.

Action Verbs for Emergencies 🎬

Watch Teacher Sopheak explain the difference between the words "Evacuate" and "Flee". Using the precise action verb makes your English sound much more natural and advanced!

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Definition Match

What do we call a long period without rain that ruins crops?

(តើយើងហៅរយៈពេលវែងដែលគ្មានភ្លៀងធ្លាក់ថាជាអ្វី?)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Idiom Match

"The calm before the storm" refers to...

(តើសំនួនវោហារស័ព្ទនេះមានន័យដូចម្តេច?)

LITERAL TRAP ❌

If someone tells you not to "Add fuel to the fire", they mean...

(តើប្រយោគនេះមានន័យដូចម្តេច?)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Verb Match

To move people from a dangerous place to a safe place is to...

(ការផ្លាស់ទីមនុស្សពីកន្លែងគ្រោះថ្នាក់ទៅកន្លែងសុវត្ថិភាពគឺ...)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Idiom Meaning

If someone says you are "Out of the woods", it means...

(តើសំនួនវោហារស័ព្ទនេះមានន័យដូចម្តេច?)

Emergency Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Evacuation Plan 🏃 Write down three items you would grab if you had to evacuate your house due to an emergency. Read them aloud!

Writing Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Idiom Usage ✍️ Write a sentence about a difficult time you had, and use the idiom "Weather the storm".

Speaking Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Voice Note 🎤 Record yourself acting as a news reporter. Say: "The tsunami struck the coast yesterday, but the rescue teams are helping the survivors."

Ask a Question 🙋‍♂️

តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

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Recent Questions

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Sokha 3 hours ago

Teacher, what is the difference between a Hurricane and a Typhoon?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Hi Sokha! They are actually the exact same type of storm! It just depends on where they happen. If it happens in the Atlantic (near the USA), it is a Hurricane. If it happens in the Pacific (near Asia), it is a Typhoon! 🌪️

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Vireak 5 hours ago

Can I say "I rescued from the flood"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Be careful! "Rescue" means to save someone else. If YOU survived the flood, you say "I survived the flood". If someone saved you, you say "I was rescued from the flood." 🚤