Vocabulary

• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• under fire: Being heavily criticized.
• shoot down: To make plane fall from sky by shooting rockets
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• make contact with: To initiate communication with someone.
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in terms of
• withdraw from: To take out or remove (something) from a place or container.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in reaction to: As a response to something.
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• brief: Information and instructions given for a meeting
• conduct: Your behavior
• military: Army or armed forces
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• boast: To speak of something with too much pride
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• defense: Argument in support of something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• harm: To damage, injure, or hurt someone or something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• perilous: Extremely dangerous, risky
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• hollow: (Of objects) having nothing inside; not solid
• area: Amount of measured space
• rugged: (Of mountains) rough and uneven; hard to climb
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• undeniable: Certainly true; impossible to prove false
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• plane: An airplane
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• squadron: Military unit, e.g. of planes or ships
• southwest: Location in the southwestern part of an area
• passover: Jewish religious holiday