Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• urge: A strong desire for something
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• huge: Very very large
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• gigantic: Extremely large
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• business: A company formed for making profit
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• advocacy: Request for change
• price: Person's name
• pipeline: Line of pipes used for carrying gases or liquids
• northern: In or toward the north
• ship: Large boat
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• unfinished: Not yet ended; not complete; still being done