Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• going on: To continue doing something
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• military: Army or armed forces
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• couple: To join something to something else
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• additional: Further or added
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• business: A company formed for making profit
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• intercept: To stop or catch something while it is moving
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• onslaught: Violent attack; a sudden rush of something
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• barrage: Continued fire of weapons or verbal utterances
• reservoir: A lake storing water for use by the community
• underway: Happening now
• escalation: An increase in severity
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• happen: To take place or occur
• topple: To cause a government/leader to be overthrown
• limitation: Act of controlling or reducing the size of