Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• going on: To continue doing something
• stand in for: To take the role of another person
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• long for: To have a strong desire or yearning for something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• monopoly: Complete market control for a service or product
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• premier: Being the most influential, important, or best
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• electronic: Operating by use of electricity; digital
• person: Man, woman or child
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• booth: Small area where someone does something privately
• goofy: Silly or stupid; crazy
• theft: Act of stealing
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• allure: Attraction to something desirable
• mysteriously: In a confusing or difficult to understand way
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• oath: Promise to do something
• registration: An official record or proof of registering
• playbook: Notebook with diagrams of the plays of a team
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
• visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
• gee: Give a command to a horse to turn to right