Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• plan on: To intend to do something; to expect to do something.
• push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
• in terms of
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• certainly possible: Definitely able to happen or be done.
• shoot down: To make plane fall from sky by shooting rockets
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• evolve: To develop certain features
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• intuition: Natural ability to guess or feel things
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• prominent: Being important or well known
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• military: Army or armed forces
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• factor: Something that influences a result
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• couple: To join something to something else
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• counterpart: Person/thing having same function/characteristics
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• sanction: Official support or approval
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• point: An item to be discussed
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• enact: To make a bill into law
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• escalation: An increase in severity
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• stealth: Manner of moving so as to avoid being seen
• fore: (In combination) before; in the front part
• pike: A type of fish