Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have to: Must do
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at least: As a minimum
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• some time ago: At a point in the past; not recently.
• from the first: From the very beginning.
• such as: For example; like
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• according to plan: Following the original plan or schedule without deviation.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• perk: An advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, that you are given because of your job
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• command: To be able to see far from a certain location
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• defense: Argument in support of something
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• underway: Happening now
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• pentagon: A five-sided shape
• implicate: To show that person is involved, e.g. in a crime
• bale: Large amount of material wrapped or tied together
• aggressor: Country or person that starts a fight or conflict