Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• got to: To arrive at some place
• close to home: Emotionally sensitive or personally relevant to someone.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• hold it down: To keep control or maintain the situation.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• one too many: More than is acceptable or advisable; excessive.
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• strike: To hit something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• proximity: State of being near or close to something
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• slam: To criticize sharply
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• retaliation: Revenge for something harmful or wrong
• own: To have something as your property
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• breath: Air you take in and out of your body
• duty: Work required by your job or position
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• predictable: Capable of being guessed before it happens
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• submarine: Ship that travels above and below the sea
• airborne: Being in the air
• warrant: Official authorization for some action or decision
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• possibility: Something with a chance of happening or being true
• announce: To make a public statement about a plan, decision
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• examiner: Someone who gives a test
• cork: The wooden stopper in a wine bottle top
• reassurance: Feeling of reduced worry about something
• infantry: Group of soldiers who fight on foot
• embroidery: Decorative sewing, usually showing pictures
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• autumn: The season when leaves fall off trees
• sweater: Warm knitted article of clothing worn on the body
• death: When someone dies; the end of life
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• height: Distance of something from the bottom to the top
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• badly: Not in a good way; not as wanted or liked
• pentagon: A five-sided shape
• ship: Large boat
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
• sergeant: Officer of low rank in the military
• arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
• love: Person's name
• torpedo: Bomb that moves underwater to sink ships
• wait: To delay or not do something until later
• family: Close group of people or organizations
• bedtime: Time you go to bed
• homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
• standby: Ready for use in an emergency, etc.
• grandson: Your son or daughter's son