Vocabulary

• in terms of
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• think back: To recapture the past
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• get round: To persuade someone to let you do what you want
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• draw in: To attract or entice someone or something.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• without doubt: Certainly; definitely; without any question.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• 'fess up: To admit or confess something, usually reluctantly.
• have to: Must do
• on to: Toward something; forward
• go on: To continue doing something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• very much so: To a great extent; indeed
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• conduct: Your behavior
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• huge: Very very large
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• propaganda: (Use of) message that you want people to accept
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• mercy: Kind instead of harsh treatment of someone
• elicit: To get an answer or reaction from
• hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
• whatsoever: Used to add emphasis to an idea being expressed
• important: Having power or authority
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• proclaim: To indicate or show something clearly
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• surrounding: To be all the way around something
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• coup: Successful taking over of a thing; sudden success
• embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• exit: A door that you go through to leave a place
• beacon: Something providing guidance or hope to people
• briefing: To give information and instructions in a meeting
• militia: Local armed forces to assist the police
• search: To examine a person's clothing to find something
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• hawk: Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
• foresee: To guess that a future thing will happen; predict
• bravo: Shouted to express approval, e.g. of a performance