Vocabulary

• turn down: To fold something, e.g. a shirt collar
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• beef up: To be made stronger and stronger
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• in green: Located in or surrounded by green plants or fields.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• military installations: Multiple military bases or facilities.
• behind closed doors: In private; secretly or confidentially.
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• conquer: To take possession of (land, city) with an army
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• shift: To change in position or direction
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• collective: Business owned or controlled by its workers
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• additional: Further or added
• defense: Argument in support of something
• troop: Group of people
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• alliance: Group of people/organizations working together
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• multitude: Large number of people or things; crowd
• colonial: Of a system where one country controls another
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• muster: To gather or call together (soldiers, etc.)
• discourse: The study of how we write and speak
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• inconclusive: Not finally proving; not completely ending doubt
• oval: Being egg-shaped
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• powerhouse: Highly energetic and indefatigable person
• credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
• differ: To be different; to be not like others
• nook: Small corner or sheltered space
• multinational: Involving many countries
• agree: To have the same opinion as someone else
• disagreement: Act or state of not agreeing
• parrot: Brightly colored bird with hooked beak
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• unable: Not being able to do something
• annex: An extension to a main building
• takeover: Change of ownership of a corporation
• perpetrate: To do something wrong, e.g. commit a crime
• pretext: Reason given to hide the real reason for something