Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• check out
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• rebel: Person who fights against established government
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• islamic: Concerning the culture and people of Islamic
• militant: Using strong forceful methods to achieve a goal
• syria: An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
• iraq: A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq