Vocabulary

• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• bring back: To cause to remember
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• up to speed: Fully informed; aware of the latest information
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• slightly: Only a little
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• amount: Quantity of something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• tournament: Sports contest with many games to find a winner
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• overhaul: To repair and fix something
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• satisfied: To make someone happy because they got their wish
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• consideration: Careful thought; thinking about something
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• trust: To expect confidently
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
• disproportionate: Not equal or in balance
• tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
• crucially: To an extremely important or necessary degree
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• tack: Small, sharp nail, usually with a wide, flat head
• proportional: Having a size appropriate to the size of another