Vocabulary

• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• put up with: To suffer (a difficult thing) without complaining
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• at least: As a minimum
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• have to: Must do
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
• military: Army or armed forces
• afford: To make available, to provide
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• point: An item to be discussed
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• malignant: (Of cancer) dangerous or deadly; spreading
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
• prosecution: Lawyers acting to prove a defendant guilty
• oath: Promise to do something
• backyard: Made in an amateurish or non-professional way
• quadruple: To make or become four times bigger in number
• triple: Group or set of three
• preside: To be in charge; to be responsible for
• warren: Large network of connecting rabbit burrows
• shutdown: Termination of operations
• rightly: In accordance with what is right
• yup: Another way of saying 'yes'