Vocabulary

• negotiate with: To discuss something formally in order to make an agreement.
• stand up to: To resist or fight someone who is being aggressive
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• decade: Period of 10 years
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• weakness: Fault or bad quality preventing success
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• live: To be alive
• happen: To take place or occur
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• smell: To have a particular odor
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting