Vocabulary

• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• on the case: Actively investigating or working on a particular problem or situation.
• at least: As a minimum
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in hospital: Admitted to a hospital for treatment.
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• military: Army or armed forces
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• respond: To answer something or someone
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• leave: To go away from; depart
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• part: Division of a book
• entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
• rank: To rate or class things
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• happen: To take place or occur
• unit: One apartment in a building
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• involvement: Act or process of joining in a particular activity
• lieutenant: Officer in the army, navy, or air force
• unknown: Not being known or famous
• assassinate: To murder a famous or public figure
• spokesperson: Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• rightly: In accordance with what is right
• northwestern: Area in the north and west