Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• shoot the messenger: To blame the bearer of bad news unfairly.
• stand here: To remain in or move to this specific location.
• stop at nothing: To be willing to do anything to achieve something.
• deal with
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• going on: To continue doing something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• have to: Must do
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• sit down: To take a seat
• deliberate: Carefully thought out in advance
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• narrative: The telling of a story
• convey: To carry or transport something
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• account: An advantage
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• fundamentally: In a basic and important way
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• defense: Argument in support of something
• authoritarian: Person expecting complete obedience
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• jeopardy: When something may be harmed, damaged or lost
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• license: To give official permission to do something
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• paramount: More important/significant than all other things
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust
• treason: Crime of trying to overthrow your own government
• oracle: Wise person who tells the future
• messenger: Someone who delivers things, e.g. by motor bike
• wartime: Period of time when there is armed conflict