Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• drive in: To enter a place or area by driving a vehicle.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• from power: To lose control or position of authority.
• lead to: To result in some action
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• drive back: To force someone or something to retreat or move backward.
• turn in: To produce or achieve a good performance
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• turn on
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• martial: Concerning fighting, war, or soldiers
• metaphorical: Using words imaginatively to reveal a similarity
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• metaphorically: In a metaphorical manner
• guardian: Person who guards, protects, or preserves
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• pedal: Lever worked by the foot, e.g. the brakes of a car
• worksheet: Piece of paper showing work planned or done
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• impeach: To charge a public official with misconduct
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic