Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• go on: To continue doing something
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• wave in: Signal or gesture for someone to enter a place.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• stand up to: To resist or fight someone who is being aggressive
• put up with: To suffer (a difficult thing) without complaining
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go shopping: To go to stores to buy things
• leave it out: To stop doing or saying something irritating or unpleasant.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• strike: To hit something
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• civilization: A highly developed society
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• ethnicity: Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
• abide: To live somewhere (formal, old-fashioned)
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• point: An item to be discussed
• proposition: General claim or theory
• great: Very good; better than before
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
• graffiti: Writings and drawings on walls, often rude, funny
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• attendant: Someone who helps at a gas station, theater etc.
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• luggage: Suitcases and bags
• racial: Of or relating to race
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• firsthand: Received directly from a source
• underway: Happening now
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• objectively: In an open-minded way; without prejudice
• multi: A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'
• infest: (Of bad things) to be present in in large numbers
• commend: To praise someone, something publicly
• stabbing: Causing a sharp pain
• populism: Naive political doctrine typical of common people
• colonist: Someone who establishes or lives in a colony
• colonialism: System in which a country controls a colony
• demerit: Mark against a person for misconduct or failure
• civilize: To teach people how to behave properly