Vocabulary

• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• vote in: To elect someone into a position by voting.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• shift: To change in position or direction
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• turmoil: Very confused situation where things are not clear
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• leave: To go away from; depart
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• stable: In a position where something does not fall over
• perilous: Extremely dangerous, risky
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• stability: Quality or state of being even or consistent
• casualty: Emergency area in a hospital for treating injuries
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• fed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• turnout: Outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
• chancellor: High government official
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• nationalist: Person who strongly loves their country
• bloc: People or nations with similar political aims