Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• out of work
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• have to: Must do
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• going on: To continue doing something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• bring back: To cause to remember
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• inherently: As an essential part of
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• leave: To go away from; depart
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• act: To behave in a certain way
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• branch: Part of a family related to the same members
• point: An item to be discussed
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• convict: Person in prison
• part: Division of a book
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• discourse: The study of how we write and speak
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• broadly: In a general (not detailed) manner
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• cheer: Feeling of happiness or optimism
• anymore: No longer; no more
• investor: Person who spends money to help businesses grow
• contention: Having the possibility of winning
• factory: Building where things are made
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• preposterous: Very foolish or silly; ridiculous
• illegally: In a manner not allowed by law; criminally
• fascist: Person advocate an authoritarian government
• felon: Law one guilty of a serious crime
• injunction: Court order, usually to stop something happening