Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at least: As a minimum
• in terms of
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• next to: Being located along side another
• background information: Information that provides context or history relevant to a current situation or topic.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• act: To behave in a certain way
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• point: An item to be discussed
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• transparency: Quality of being open to see/to public criticism
• omit: To not do, or include
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• prosecute: To try to prove someone legally guilty of a crime
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• deputy: Assistant to a leader who acts on his, her behalf
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• counsel: To listen and give expert advice to someone
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• implicate: To show that person is involved, e.g. in a crime
• lineup: People arranged by police for identification
• congressman: Member of the US House of Representatives
• emirate: Region controlled by an emir
• garland: Crown made from flowers and leaves worn on head
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
• sultan: Ruler of a Muslim country or state