Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• have to: Must do
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in progress: Currently taking place or being done; not yet completed.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on the go: Very busy and active.
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• strike: To hit something
• spike: The top point in a graph
• military: Army or armed forces
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• respond: To answer something or someone
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• escort: Person going with you for protection/help/company
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• ammunition: Supply of bullets, etc. that are fired from guns
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• diplomat: Person representing their government overseas
• extraordinarily: Extremely
• burn: To destroy with fire
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• live: To be alive
• unparalleled: Being the best or the worst; having no equal
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• fallout: Radioactive particles after a nuclear explosion
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• add: To include as well
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• unlimited: Being free from limits, restrictions or rules
• fray: To form loose threads at the edge of cloth
• gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
• moderator: Person hosting a discussion
• refuel: To put more fuel into a vehicle, etc.
• firepower: Relative capacity for shooting, bombing a target