Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• back then: At that time in the past.
• before long: Soon; in a short time.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• grapple with: To struggle or deal with something difficult.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• proactive: Acting to head off anticipated future problems
• string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
• pardon: To forgive for some error or fault; let off
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• historical: Connected with the past
• citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
• presidential: Concerning the president
• successive: Happening one after another in a series
• deport: To force a person to leave a country
• online: Connected to the internet
• campaigner: Person who works actively to achieve a goal