Vocabulary

• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• at the moment: At this time; now
• off the table: No longer being considered or discussed.
• off the hook: Released from an obligation or responsibility.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• knock on: To strike a door or window to attract attention.
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• trend: Current style or fashion
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• broad: General; not detailed
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• sovereign: King, queen, emperor etc. of a country
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• proxy: Person authorized to act for another
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• famous: Excellent
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• cetera
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• israel: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
• heighten: To increase the degree or intensity of something
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
• kidnap: To take someone and demand money to return them
• shortly: Quickly; soon; in a moment
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation
• tempo: Speed or pace of something
• legality: Lawfulness through conformity to a legal statute