Vocabulary

• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• rein in: To control or limit something.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in progress: Currently taking place or being done; not yet completed.
• in your element: In a situation that you enjoy because you are good at it.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• see out: To continue doing something until it ends, especially something difficult or unpleasant.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• shift: To change in position or direction
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• conduct: Your behavior
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• depth: Distance below a surface
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• broad: General; not detailed
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• confrontation: A disagreement or argument
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• abolish: To officially stop (a law or practice)
• chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• happen: To take place or occur
• come: To arrive at a place
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• deadline: A date or time before which something must be done
• rein: Control; limitation
• slogan: Distinctive phrase used in political campaign, etc.
• homeland: Country where you were born
• shutdown: Termination of operations