Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• in the making: Developing or being made; in the process of becoming something.
• back off: To stop supporting; lose courage
• choke point: A strategic narrow passage or area where movement is easily restricted or controlled.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• vital for: Absolutely necessary or important; essential.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• stand together: To unite in support or defense as a group.
• cross over: To go from one side of something to the other.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• extent to which: The degree to which something is true or likely to happen.
• follow suit: To do the same thing that someone else has done
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• think on: To consider something carefully before making a decision.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• 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
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• rapport: Understanding or empathy between two people
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• act: To behave in a certain way
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• strategically: In a strategic or carefully worked out way
• oval: Being egg-shaped