Vocabulary

• to do with: To be about something; concern
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• given time: A specific time that has been scheduled or agreed upon.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• approved for: Officially accepted or allowed.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• close out: To sell off or eliminate remaining items or inventory, often at discounted prices.
• stand with: To support or defend someone or something.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• overwhelming majority: A very large majority; a majority that is so large as to be almost unanimous.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• spouse: Someone's husband or wife
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• apparatus: Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• exert: To make something have an effect on something else
• buck: To resist or go against the trend
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• accusation: When you claim that someone has committed a crime
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• ecstatic: Showing or feeling great pleasure or delight
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• special: Being additional or extra
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• nonprofit: Not commercially motivated; charitable
• vigil: Staying up all night, as to watch over sick person
• roadblock: Barrier set up by police to stop traffic
• depot: Storage place for goods
• relocate: To move to a new or different place
• miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour
• doge: Formerly the chief magistrate in Venice and Genoa