Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• knock out: To hit and make unconscious
• lie ahead: To be going to happen in the future.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• at least: As a minimum
• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• break up
• hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
• in terms of
• in the streets: Located or happening outdoors in public roads or areas.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• drag on: To last longer than expected, in a boring way
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• in a hurry: Acting or moving with great haste; rushed.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• zone out: To stop paying attention and start daydreaming or thinking about other things.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• narrative: The telling of a story
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• military: Army or armed forces
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• address: Exact street location of a place
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• compensation: (Money) given or received as payment for loss
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• delegation: A group of people sent as representatives
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• historical: Connected with the past
• impatient: Not wanting to wait; getting angry over problems
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• historian: Someone who studies the course of history
• patriot: Person who loves and defends their own country
• nick: Person's name
• abduct: To take away by force, usually to get money
• legalize: To make an illegal act legal