Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• shortly afterwards: A short time after something.
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• attend to: To deal with; take care of; pay attention to.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• at least: As a minimum
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• have on: To be wearing something.
• through with: Having had enough (of trouble); wanting to stop
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• in perpetuity: Continuing forever without end.
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• strike: To hit something
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• respond: To answer something or someone
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• retaliation: Revenge for something harmful or wrong
• staff: Employees of a company
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• fetch: To go and get something and bring it back
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• point: An item to be discussed
• predecessor: Something that comes before another in a series
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• indication: Something showing something exists or will happen
• proliferation: Sudden and fast increase in something
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• central: Being in the middle
• diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
• voluntarily: Of your own free will; not because you were forced
• treaty: An agreement between nations
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• escalation: An increase in severity
• cooperative: Working together to get something done
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• extinguish: To make something stop burning
• happen: To take place or occur
• crucially: To an extremely important or necessary degree
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• penetration: Act of entering into or through something
• confirmation: Approval or check of something
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• involvement: Act or process of joining in a particular activity
• diversion: Action designed to distract attention
• shrapnel: Small metal pieces from an exploding bomb
• wartime: Period of time when there is armed conflict
• ayatollah: Important religious or political leader in Iran
• tel: Short form of 'telephone', used with phone numbers