Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• as useful: Equally useful; to the same degree of usefulness.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• go to ground: Hide or disappear to avoid capture or trouble.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• break a leg: An idiom used to wish someone good luck, especially before a performance.
• next to: Being located along side another
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• in conjunction with: Together with; along with
• talk through: To discuss something thoroughly.
• against time: Working under pressure to meet a deadline; in a race to finish something quickly.
• by night: During the night; not during the day.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• strike: To hit something
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
• stripe: Strip of alternating color in straight lines
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• badge: Material with a pin to show membership in a group
• alive: Living; not dead
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• conjunction: Combination of things or events
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• compass: Device that shows the direction of north
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• jolly: Being full of cheer, friendliness and happiness
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• mobility: Ability to move
• underway: Happening now
• picture: General situation or state of being
• beacon: Something providing guidance or hope to people
• plane: An airplane
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• hydraulic: Of a system operated by water or other liquids
• eject: To make a disc or tape come out of a machine
• call: A order or request for action
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• cockpit: Area in (plane, boat) where the pilot, driver sits
• fin: Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
• evasion: Act of evading; trying to escape from something
• bleep: Short sound made by an electronic instrument
• refuel: To put more fuel into a vehicle, etc.
• squadron: Military unit, e.g. of planes or ships
• ejection: Making a disk, etc. come out of a machine
• airflow: Movement of air around objects
• standby: Ready for use in an emergency, etc.
• op: Shortened form of of 'medical operation'
• thi: An old -fashioned word for you