Vocabulary

• cast a shadow: To cause a shadow to appear.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• urge: A strong desire for something
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• express: To send something by fast mail
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• appreciation: Rise in value (of property or belongings)
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• staff: Employees of a company
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
• greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
• land: Region or country
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• luggage: Suitcases and bags
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• bilateral: Involving two groups of people or two countries
• reel: To wind something in on a reel; pull something in
• presidential: Concerning the president
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
• reconsider: To think whether to change an earlier decision
• civic: Of a town or city; of rights or duties of citizens
• misunderstand: To fail to get the meaning correctly
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• handcuff: Police object used to restrain hands of criminals