Vocabulary

• restaurant chain: A group of restaurants owned by the same company and operating under the same brand name.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• other places: Different locations or areas
• at war: Engaged in a war; fighting
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• swings and roundabouts: A situation with both advantages and disadvantages that balance out.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• at least: As a minimum
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• have to: Must do
• wipe out: To destroy or be destroyed
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• on offer: Available at a reduced price or with special terms.
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• obscure: To hide something to make it difficult to be seen
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• parallel: To be equal to, or like, something else
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• loyalty: Complete and sustained support for person, thing
• communist: Believer in communism
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• exception: Something different or not included
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• corrupt: To persuade someone to act illegal or immorally
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• hub: Center of action or interest
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• coverage: Type of programs a radio or TV station broadcasts
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• stadium: Building with a sports field for watching games
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• prodigy: Young person who is amazingly talented
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• compass: Device that shows the direction of north
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• off: Away or free from work
• truce: Agreement between opponents to stop fighting
• harbour: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• western: Movies often about cowboys in the American West
• labour: Physical process by which a baby is born
• annex: An extension to a main building
• town: Small city
• karaoke: Singing popular songs to a prerecorded soundtrack
• kimchi: Korean spicy cabbage dish
• homeland: Country where you were born
• volleyball: Game of hitting ball over net using the hands