Vocabulary

• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• In the event of: If something happens, especially something undesirable
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• up until now: Until the present time; so far.
• leave it there: To put something down and not move it from that location.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• extreme: Very great in degree
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• implement: To start to do something you plan to do
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• favor: Support or approval from people
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• leave: To go away from; depart
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• ingenuity: Cleverness and originality
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• blackout: When the electric power is off; outage
• espionage: Act of spying
• capability: Means, ability, or potential to do something
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• outage: Temporary loss of electrical power
• upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
• lifeline: Rope or cord used to attach a person to a boat
• online: Connected to the internet
• authorization: Giving approval by virtue of your authority
• shutdown: Termination of operations