Vocabulary

• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• rein in: To control or limit something.
• at least: As a minimum
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• in terms of
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• made public: To reveal or announce something to everyone.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• let it happen: To allow something to occur without interference or resistance.
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• happen on: To find or discover by accident.
• of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
• go nowhere: To be unsuccessful; to not achieve any progress or positive result.
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• fill up
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• break up
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• check out
• strike: To hit something
• initially: At first; originally
• relentless: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• military: Army or armed forces
• vigilant: Being watchful; careful to monitor events
• blast: To attack someone with words
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• command: To be able to see far from a certain location
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• defense: Argument in support of something
• obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
• exquisite: Being very sensitive or detailed, e.g. of taste
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• public: Owned by the government
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• lawsuit: A proceeding in law courts to get a legal decision
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• embassy: Building where an ambassador works
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• live: To be alive
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• eject: To make a disc or tape come out of a machine
• israel: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
• rein: Control; limitation
• veto: To not allow while in a position of authority
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• antitrust: (Laws) preventing unfair business practices
• legality: Lawfulness through conformity to a legal statute
• gunman: Person who shoots a gun (as specified)
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet