Vocabulary

• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• going on: To continue doing something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• bow to: To bend the head or body as a sign of respect or greeting.
• at the helm: In a position of control or leadership.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at least: As a minimum
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• on the part of: By or done by (someone); concerning someone.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• crack down: To act forcefully in order to reduce crime, etc.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
• have to: Must do
• to a lesser extent: To a smaller or less significant degree or amount.
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• reluctant: Experiencing or expressing unwillingness to do
• decade: Period of 10 years
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• objective: Being real, rather than simply being an idea
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• proportion: A part of a whole thing
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• politician: Someone whose job is in politics
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• staff: Employees of a company
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• flimsy: Lacking solidity or strength; light; weak
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• backfire: (Vehicle) to explode fuel in the muffler
• helm: Position of control, as when steering a ship
• judicial: Concerning the orders and laws of a court
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• judiciary: System of judges and courts in a country
• graft: Obtaining money by the dishonest use of influence
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• extortion: Act of threatening people to get money
• sideline: To make someone less important, or irrelevant