Vocabulary

• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• deal with
• at the moment: At this time; now
• in the same breath: Saying two things at once that seem to contradict each other.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• rein in: To control or limit something.
• at least: As a minimum
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• military: Army or armed forces
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• ambassador: Official representing a country in another country
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• sincere: Meaning what you say truthfully; honest
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• decree: Official order issued by an authority
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• globally: Throughout the world
• rein: Control; limitation
• remake: To arrange or prepare something again
• wrought: Being carefully made into a particular form/shape
• deflection: Action of making move in a different direction