Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in terms of
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• come out with: To go out with someone on a date
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• in the open: Publicly; not secret.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• despite the fact: In spite of; notwithstanding.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• set up
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• in your face: Bold, aggressive, and confrontational.
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• in another way: Using a different method or approach.
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• mandate: To order that something is done
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• arise: To stand up
• attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
• enact: To make a bill into law
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• unit: One apartment in a building
• disagreement: Act or state of not agreeing
• governance: Way a government is run; function of a government
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation
• mediation: Negotiation to help others to reach an agreement
• deadlock: When a situation/argument cannot progress
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution