Vocabulary

• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• going on: To continue doing something
• deal with
• have to: Must do
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• take down: To capture physically
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• news article: A written report in a newspaper or magazine, or on a website, presenting news or information.
• concern about: To worry about something.
• band together: To unite or form a group for a particular purpose.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• to some extent: Partially; not completely.
• overwhelming majority: A very large majority; a majority that is so large as to be almost unanimous.
• count on: To depend on someone
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• by design: Intentionally; deliberately.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
• next to: Being located along side another
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• at midnight: At twelve o'clock at night; the middle of the night.
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• military: Army or armed forces
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• insanity: Mentally ill, unable to act normally
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• defense: Argument in support of something
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• reconciliation: Getting two figures/accounts to match financially
• important: Having power or authority
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• point: An item to be discussed
• bliss: Great joy or happiness
• slate: To strongly criticize someone usually in public
• part: Division of a book
• rank: To rate or class things
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• relentlessly: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• jeopardize: To pose a threat to; present a danger to
• happen: To take place or occur
• cartel: Groups united for a common (illegal) action
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• chancellor: High government official
• miscommunication: Mistakes made when exchanging messages
• congressman: Member of the US House of Representatives
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• shutdown: Termination of operations
• airspace: Area in the sky controlled by a country