Vocabulary

• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• miss out: To exclude; not include in something
• full picture: A complete and comprehensive understanding of a situation or issue.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
• leave: To go away from; depart
• framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• succession: Act of officially taking over someone's position
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• picture: General situation or state of being
• happen: To take place or occur
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• impeachment: Charging a public official with misconduct
• deadlock: When a situation/argument cannot progress
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution