Vocabulary

• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in the hands of: Under the control or responsibility of someone.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• sell off: To sell something quickly, usually because you need the money or because you want to stop being involved with it.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• under construction
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• choke point: A strategic narrow passage or area where movement is easily restricted or controlled.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• military: Army or armed forces
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• plausible: Being reasonable and possibly true
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• cluster: To come together in a group, flock etc.
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• deterrent: Something stopping people wanting to do something
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• insurmountable: (Of difficulties) impossible to deal with
• blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
• warren: Large network of connecting rabbit burrows
• fabrication: Deliberately false or improbable information