Vocabulary

• long list: An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• once and for all: Completely and finally; decisively.
• pursuant to: In accordance with; following
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• going on: To continue doing something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• as follows: Used to introduce a list or explanation.
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• amounted to: To have reached a total of; to be equal to.
• in conclusion: Used to indicate a summary or final point.
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• express: To send something by fast mail
• gratitude: Warm friendly feelings of thanks
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• military: Army or armed forces
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• address: Exact street location of a place
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• favor: Support or approval from people
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• sovereignty: The power a country has to decide for itself
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• collective: Business owned or controlled by its workers
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• navigation: Act of finding and following the correct course
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• deep: Complex and important
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• escalation: An increase in severity
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• territorial: Associated with the ownership of an area
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• charter: Official document giving certain rights to a group
• unjust: Not fair; not deserved
• equatorial: Concerning or at an equator; having hot weather