Vocabulary

• peace talks: Discussions between representatives of opposing sides in a conflict aimed at reaching a peaceful resolution.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• in any case: Whatever happens; regardless of what has happened or may happen.
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• stand up against: To resist or oppose someone or something; to defend oneself against an attack or injustice.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• in terms of
• on the part of: By or done by (someone); concerning someone.
• in times: During periods or moments of.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• hassle: Unpleasant task or chore harder than it should be
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• burn: To destroy with fire
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• tyranny: Cruel government by a ruler who has complete power
• abject: Very great (fear, poverty, loneliness etc.)
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• embarrassment: Shame you feel when you did something wrong
• worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
• pointless: Being without a purpose or meaning
• lineage: People in someone's family who lived in the past
• treason: Crime of trying to overthrow your own government
• righteous: Regarding what you think is right
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• implicate: To show that person is involved, e.g. in a crime
• spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
• overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory