Vocabulary

• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• initially: At first; originally
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• compliance: Act of obeying a law, etc.
• fully: Completely or entirely
• staff: Employees of a company
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• live: To be alive
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• memo: Brief note or message left for another person
• comeback: A clever or witty retort or reply
• tic: Involuntary twitching especially in the face
• unsure: Lacking confidence or certainty
• bike: 2-wheeled vehicle ridden by pushing on foot pedals
• app: Small applications for smartphones