Vocabulary

• in charge: To be responsible for
• behind bars: In prison; imprisoned.
• in itself: Considered alone or without reference to anything else; intrinsically.
• off camera: Not being filmed or recorded.
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• strike: To hit something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• shift: To change in position or direction
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• humiliation: Loss of self-respect or status
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• attendance: Number of people present at a place or event
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• imprisonment: The state of being in a jail or prison
• cautiously: In a manner to avoid risk or danger
• bathe: To be covered completely in something, e.g. light
• imprison: To put someone (e.g. a criminal) in prison