1. The words by heart
a massive earthquake
to take sth seriously
to make matters worth
the Earth`s crust
to take shelter under/behind
a wake up call
a steel frame
a plane crash
to blow smth open (shut)
to stay calm
a seismic activity
2. Read and translate
Don't say anything - you'll only make matters worse. To make matters worse, this
dangerous river travel could not be done in the dark, and their working day was
reduced to the six hours of daylight. A massive earthquake measuring at least
8.8 on the scale of Richter hit northeast Japan today. More
than 20,000 people have died across southern Asia after a massive earthquake
in the ocean set off a series of tsunamis. How could such a writer be taken seriously?... It's
hard to take them seriously in their pretty grey uniforms... The Earth's
crust is an extremely thin layer of rock, like the skin of an apple in
relative terms. The chemical
composition of Earth’s crust, oceans, and atmosphere can
be studied. Why it isn`t
advised to take shelter under a tree during lightning? Lightning tends
to strike tall objects such as trees. Our wake up call service is one of the oldest and most reliable on
the web. His elder son was killed in a car crash a few years ago. There were 298
people on board plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine. When the door blew open the crowd
rushed in. The wind blew
the door open last night and the cat escaped. If you describe someone as
cool-headed, you mean that they stay calm in difficult situations. Ten Things Super Successful People
Do To Stay
Calm. If you are faced with an emergency
situation, the most important thing that you need to remember is to stay calm. The
latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya. A massive earthquake measuring
M6.0 on the Richter scale hit Ecuador-Colombia border region on October 20,
2014. Seismic activity
in Iceland has been very high over the past weeks. And to make matters worse, when I got
in there, he was standing there! Don't let yourself despair; this will only make matters
worse... My
house has termites. To make matters worse, the pipes leak.

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