Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• turn away: To go in a different direction; not face something
• have to: Must do
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• huge: Very very large
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• turmoil: Very confused situation where things are not clear
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• generous: Giving or ready to give freely
• hesitant: Pausing because unsure or reluctant to act
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• steep: Very expensive
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• erode: To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• spur: To make your horse go faster
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• overwhelmingly: So it cannot be resisted
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• come: To arrive at a place
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• turnover: the rate at which employees leave a company and are replaced by new people
• oust: To eject from a position or place; force out