Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• get on to: To decide to do something you have delayed doing
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• quote: Written statement of the cost of something
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• due: When something is required or expected
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• scope: Opportunity for action or thought
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
• leave: To go away from; depart
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• arsenal: Place where weapons are stored
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fully: Completely or entirely
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• backdrop: Contextual meaning or background
• negotiation: A formal discussion to reach an agreement
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• condemnation: Expression of strong disapproval
• buildup: Making people feel excited about some new event
• disarm: To take away the weapons of
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• governance: Way a government is run; function of a government