Vocabulary

• phase in: To start using or doing things gradually
• on the town: Out socially enjoying nightlife and entertainment.
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• in bad shape: In poor physical or operational condition.
• drop off: To leave someone, something somewhere
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
• road ahead: The future; what is to come.
• drive out: To force someone or something to leave a place or situation.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• conduct: Your behavior
• military: Army or armed forces
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
• leave: To go away from; depart
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• astounding: To surprise someone greatly
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• ammunition: Supply of bullets, etc. that are fired from guns
• hub: Center of action or interest
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• frantically: In a frenzied, wildly excited or worried way
• clash: To have a disagreement or fight over something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• replace: To use instead of something else
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• artillery: Guns used by the military larger than machine guns
• bottleneck: Become narrow, like a bottleneck
• recapture: To capture again
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area