Vocabulary

• negotiate with: To discuss something formally in order to make an agreement.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• on to: Toward something; forward
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• such as: For example; like
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look ahead to: To think about and feel excited about a future event.
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• strike: To hit something
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• military: Army or armed forces
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• blow: To move something using air
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• couple: To join something to something else
• apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• confrontation: A disagreement or argument
• decisive: Able to make choices quickly and confidently
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• chant: To repeat a word or groups of words continuously
• dock: To take away a part of an animal's tail
• domino: Flat rectangular blocks with spots used in a game
• mediate: To help to reach an agreement between people
• northwest: Being between west and north
• newsroom: Part of a tv station where news is compiled
• shah: Title given to the monarch of Iran
• ayatollah: Important religious or political leader in Iran