Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• often used to: Frequently employed or utilized for a specific purpose or action.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• at the moment: At this time; now
• on air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• narrative: The telling of a story
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• furious: Extremely angry
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• seek: To ask someone for help
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• incompetent: Not having the skill or ability to do a thing well
• respond: To answer something or someone
• riot: Person, thing, or event that is extremely funny
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• exhausting: To emit gas from the back of a car
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• dimension: Number of planes (X, Y, Z axes) an object has
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• reply: Answer to someone's question
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• sue: Person's name
• picture: General situation or state of being
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• workplace: Place where work is done