Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• make up: To invent or create a story
• happen on: To find or discover by accident.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• cut through: To pass or go directly through something, often overcoming an obstacle.
• in operation: Currently working or functioning as intended.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• plan on: To intend to do something; to expect to do something.
• at least: As a minimum
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• decade: Period of 10 years
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• alleviate: To lessen the severity of something
• military: Army or armed forces
• proximity: State of being near or close to something
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• respond: To answer something or someone
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• cement: Building material made from gray powder, water
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• mediterranean: Describing the sea between Italy and Africa
• corridor: Passageway between rooms in a buildings
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• seamless: Flowing; uninterrupted
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• area: Amount of measured space
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• mobility: Ability to move
• freight: Commercial transportation of goods
• fruition: Successful result of a plan, process or activity
• main: Most important; most often used
• long: Person's name
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• contingent: Dependent (on); likely to result (from)
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• litigation: Adjudication in a court; process of law
• bottleneck: Become narrow, like a bottleneck
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter