Vocabulary

• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• at least: As a minimum
• with regard to: Concerning; in relation to.
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• politician: Someone whose job is in politics
• margin: Edge of an area
• dictatorship: Form of government with an absolute rules
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• important: Having power or authority
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• departure: Act of leaving a place, to start a journey
• regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• relative: Measured or considered in comparison to another
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
• vow: Very serious promise
• metric: Based on the meter as a standard of measurement
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• bolster: To prop up or support (e.g. a wall)
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• succession: Act of officially taking over someone's position
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• parliamentary: Related to, or suitable for, a parliament
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• successive: Happening one after another in a series
• eventual: Coming or happening at a later or end of the time
• tout: To praise or promote something
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)