Vocabulary

• heading to: Going in a particular direction.
• in tow: Accompanied or followed by someone or something.
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• bring back: To cause to remember
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• delegation: A group of people sent as representatives
• dependent: Someone who relies on (financial) support
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• part: Division of a book
• historically: In history; in the past
• bombardment: Act of dropping bombs on a place
• tow: Pulling another vehicle; being pulled thus
• legislator: Someone who makes or enacts laws
• geographically: With respect to the earth and its natural features
• watt: Standard unit used to measure electrical power