Vocabulary

• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• have to: Must do
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• land on: To come down to the ground or another surface after flying or falling.
• up the river: Sent to prison or in serious trouble.
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• get to the bottom of: To find the true cause or explanation of something.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• spot: A certain place or area
• consider: To think carefully about something
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• conduct: Your behavior
• military: Army or armed forces
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• factor: Something that influences a result
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• defense: Argument in support of something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• staff: Employees of a company
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• corridor: Passageway between rooms in a buildings
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• collide: To come together or crash with a lot of force
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• land: Region or country
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• encode: To change a message or information into code
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• area: Amount of measured space
• designate: To officially choose for a position; appoint
• prohibit: To make something impossible
• precarious: Not secure; likely to fall over/off; dangerous
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• residence: Place where a person lives
• briefing: To give information and instructions in a meeting
• elevation: Height of a place
• radius: Area around a certain point
• tier: One of the rising rows of seats, e.g. in a stadium
• hawk: Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass
• congest: To be or become very crowded