Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• in the works: Being planned or prepared; in progress.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• prominent: Being important or well known
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• military: Army or armed forces
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• leave: To go away from; depart
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• sharp: Person's name
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• act: To behave in a certain way
• recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• flare: To become angry or excited suddenly
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• petrol: Liquid used as fuel in car engines; (US) gasoline
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• escalation: An increase in severity
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• erupt: To begin doing something or happen suddenly
• soldier: Person working in an army to fight
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• defence: The process of protecting something from attack
• amass: To collect a large amount of something