Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• as a matter of fact: In reality; actually; used to emphasize the truth of a statement, often when it differs from what someone might expect or believe.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• go on: To continue doing something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• on television: Appearing or broadcast on TV.
• going on: To continue doing something
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• military: Army or armed forces
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• boast: To speak of something with too much pride
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• live: To be alive
• elementary: Basic, simple, or essential
• bankrupt: Unable to pay debts
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
• homeland: Country where you were born
• boomer: Member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
• supplemental: Functioning in a supporting capacity
• bombing: To attack with explosives
• supporter: Someone showing they are in favor of a idea, plan
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
• tomahawk: A North American axe