Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in charge: To be responsible for
• at least: As a minimum
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• in tandem: (Of two people/organizations) working together
• regardless of
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• poverty: State of being poor
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• rebel: Person who fights against established government
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• aid: To help others and provide things
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• respond: To answer something or someone
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• documentary: Supported by written evidence
• dictatorship: Form of government with an absolute rules
• investigation: Search for information about something
• important: Having power or authority
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• staff: Employees of a company
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• exile: State of being forced to leave your country
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• flimsy: Lacking solidity or strength; light; weak
• massacre: Killing of a large number of people
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• token: Flat, round piece of material used e.g. as coins
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• tandem: A bicycle with two sets of pedals and saddles
• universally: Applying to all people, times, places
• stronghold: Castle, fort etc. place that is fortified or secure
• mosaic: A mixture of various elements
• hind: Concerning the rear or back part of animals