Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
• go on: To continue doing something
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• other places: Different locations or areas
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• beg the question: To assume the conclusion in one's argument; to use a premise that is the same as the conclusion you are trying to prove.
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• once and for all: Completely and finally; decisively.
• have to: Must do
• in the business of: Engaged in a particular commercial activity or profession.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• in terms of
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• military: Army or armed forces
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• couple: To join something to something else
• objective: Being real, rather than simply being an idea
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• imminent: Happening soon; about to happen
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• piece: A counter in a board game
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• point: An item to be discussed
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• merchant: Someone who buys and sells goods
• harassment: Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• part: Division of a book
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• rudimentary: Being or involving basic facts or principles
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• rationale: Explanation of justification for something
• sergeant: Officer of low rank in the military
• moss: Soft green plant which grows on trees and stones
• congressman: Member of the US House of Representatives
• mast: Tall upright post supporting the sails of a boat
• supersonic: Greater/faster than the speed of sound
• archer: Person who shoots arrows from a bow