Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• check out
• page in: Contact someone by pager urgently.
• came into effect: To become operative or valid
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• push on: To continue with some effort; persevere
• over the edge: In a state of emotional or mental breakdown; beyond the limits of what one can handle.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• pay up: To pay money that you owe
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in terms of
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• military: Army or armed forces
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
• assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• point: An item to be discussed
• stadium: Building with a sports field for watching games
• ambush: Act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
• central: Being in the middle
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• bureau: Administrative unit of government
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• happen: To take place or occur
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• embargo: Order from a government which prohibits something
• organizer: Someone who arranges and plans things
• unlocked: To use a key or code to open something