Vocabulary

• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• have to: Must do
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• in the post: Sent by mail or postal service.
• regardless of
• see to: To attend to; take care of
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• come about: To turn a boat around; (of boat) to turn around
• on the part of: By or done by (someone); concerning someone.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• road ahead: The future; what is to come.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• require: To demand that someone does something
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• consolidate: To combine into one; make bigger or stronger
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• steep: Very expensive
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• journalist: Writer of news reports for newspapers etc.
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• provocative: Causing anger/sexual interest, e.g. deliberately
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• sovereign: King, queen, emperor etc. of a country
• great: Very good; better than before
• enforce: To force something to be done or accepted
• uncertain: Feeling doubt about a person, place, or thing
• fracture: Break in a bone, usually small
• trust: To expect confidently
• upcoming: Occurring soon; approaching
• weak: Not having a strong character
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• inclusive: Covering or including everything
• long: Person's name
• unify: To bring or join together into one
• sect: Small, sometimes secret, religious group
• mistrust: To feel that you cannot trust someone or something
• analytic: Of the process of detailed reasoning
• marginalize: To make a person or group powerless or unimportant
• sharia: Islamic code of laws
• southwestern: From the south west
• tel: Short form of 'telephone', used with phone numbers