Vocabulary

• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• give it up: To stop trying to do something
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• go on: To continue doing something
• in contempt: Showing disrespect or disobedience to authority.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• going on: To continue doing something
• over the head: Too difficult for someone to understand or grasp.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• at ease
• whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• contempt: Extreme lack of respect; strong disapproval
• sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• mandate: To order that something is done
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• liability: Something that is owed to someone else, e.g. debt
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• chick: A baby bird
• constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
• disclaimer: Written denial of any legal responsibility
• deportation: Act of expelling a person from their native land
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• tourism: Visiting to new places, e.g. abroad, for vacations
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
• boycott: To not buy a product for moral reasons
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• anymore: No longer; no more
• uncharted: (Land, waters) not yet surveyed or investigated
• van: Truck with an enclosed cargo space
• factory: Building where things are made
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• amber: Hard, clear yellow dried resin from trees
• breakfast: First meal of the day
• deport: To force a person to leave a country
• gentleman: Man who has good manners and is considerate
• commentator: Professional who discusses a particular subject
• margarita: Cocktail made of tequila, triple sec and lime
• mama: A mother
• cheesecake: A cake made with cream cheese