Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• deal with
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• come down to: To become in the end a matter of
• at least: As a minimum
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• out of the window: To be discarded or no longer applicable or relevant.
• miss out: To exclude; not include in something
• full picture: A complete and comprehensive understanding of a situation or issue.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• slightly: Only a little
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• validate: To show to be officially correct or allowable
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• arsenal: Place where weapons are stored
• act: To behave in a certain way
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• subsequently: After something else has happened; as a result
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• devise: To think of and plan something
• instability: Condition of being changeable
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• picture: General situation or state of being
• liberation: Act of setting someone or something free
• special: Being additional or extra
• legislative: Having the power or ability to make laws
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.
• south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
• sit: To take an exam
• oxford: A low shoe laced over the instep
• ratification: Act of formally accepting something, as a law
• aluminium: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans