Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• clean house: To remove unwanted people or things; make major changes.
• at war: Engaged in a war; fighting
• run with: To take and work with an idea, plan as your own
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• utterly: Completely
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• conduct: Your behavior
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• absurd: So foolish as to be difficult to believe
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• favor: Support or approval from people
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• cynical: Always believing that bad things are the reasons
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• leave: To go away from; depart
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• investigation: Search for information about something
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• referendum: Public vote on an issue
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• unveil: To remove something's outer covering
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• enrich: To make someone or something better
• allege: To state without proof
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• implicate: To show that person is involved, e.g. in a crime
• annexation: Incorporation of land from a country
• wartime: Period of time when there is armed conflict