Massive 8.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico

Massive 8.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico

A magnitude 8.4 earthquake has struck off the coast of Mexico leaving at least five dead, mass evacuations and warnings of tsunamis across the region.

Vocabulary

1-magnitude  ضخم

Meaning :great size or extent

Example :the magnitude of an earthquake

2-earthquake : زَلْزال

Meaning :( noun ): a sudden violent movement of the earth

Example : TOKYO — In earthquake-prone Japan, people have grown accustomed to seeing regular alerts on television and their cellphones advising them to seek cover or move inland in advance of a tsunami.

3-strike : يضرب

Meaning : ( verb ): beat

Example : The car struck the tree.

4-coast

Meaning : ( noun ): sea-shore and land near it  ساحِل ؛ شاطِئ

Example : Since the collapse of Moammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya, the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean has soared, as people have taken advantage of a vacuum of authority to set sail from the country's northern coast.

5-evacuations : عمليات الإخلاء

Meaning : evacuation ( noun ): removing someone or something to a safer place

Example : All of these densely populated areas are near the water, so they’re in an evacuation area anyway.

6-warning :تَحْذِير

Meaning : ( adjective ; noun ): a hint or indication of difficulty

Example :She gave me a warning about the difficulties of the job.

7-tsunami : تسونامي

Meaning : a great sea wave produced especially by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption

Example : When phone networks crashed during the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011, many people turned to Twitter, Facebook, Skype, and Mixi, a social-networking website in the country.

8-collapse : إنْهِيار

Meaning : collapse ( noun ): falling down or in of a structure or physical or mental breakdown 

Example : The chair he was sitting in collapsed.

9-threat : خطر ؛ تَهْدِيد ؛ وَعِيد

Meaning : threat ( noun ): a declaration of an intention to punish or hurt. 

Example :She ignored their threats and continued to do what she felt was right.

10-ceilings : الأسقف

Meaning : the overhead inside lining of a room

Example :The house has low ceilings.