Vocabulary

• go it alone: To act or do something without help or partners.
• going on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• allow for: To take into consideration
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• red tape: Formalities; paperwork; official procedure
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• military: Army or armed forces
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• role: Character played by an actor
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• broad: General; not detailed
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• deterrent: Something stopping people wanting to do something
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• alliance: Group of people/organizations working together
• part: Division of a book
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• plea: Response given by a person charged with a crime
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• live: To be alive
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• revival: Process of becoming active, strong or alive again
• come: To arrive at a place
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• doorstep: Wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway
• concede: To admit that something is true
• renewal: Action of making something more modern or like new
• transatlantic: Going across the Atlantic Ocean
• deterrence: Negative motivational influence
• chancellor: High government official
• uneasy: Feeling worried, anxious or afraid about something
• superpower: State powerful enough to influence world events
• multilateral: Involving more than one group or country