Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• close to home: Emotionally sensitive or personally relevant to someone.
• at heart: In one's real or essential nature; fundamentally.
• order in: To request food from a restaurant to be delivered to one's home or other location.
• with respect to: In relation to; regarding.
• at least: As a minimum
• have to: Must do
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in the streets: Located or happening outdoors in public roads or areas.
• from power: To lose control or position of authority.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• stay back: To remain behind; not approach or advance.
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• going on: To continue doing something
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• military: Army or armed forces
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• rebel: Person who fights against established government
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• authoritarian: Person expecting complete obedience
• ignite: To catch fire
• hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hostility: Hostile action; an act of war
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• monarch: A king or queen
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• exile: State of being forced to leave your country
• sore: An open or raised painful spot on the skin
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• assist: To help
• diplomat: Person representing their government overseas
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• suite: Group of several shorter pieces of music
• burn: To destroy with fire
• discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• barrage: Continued fire of weapons or verbal utterances
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• embassy: Building where an ambassador works
• avert: To prevent something negative from happening
• captivity: State of being held against your will (in prison)
• retaliate: To take revenge for something harmful or wrong
• afar: From far away
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• corps: A tactical unit of ground combat forces
• etch: To cut lines on metal to make a picture
• shah: Title given to the monarch of Iran
• ayatollah: Important religious or political leader in Iran