Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• cut back: To use less of something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• in the interim: During the intervening period of time.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• afford: To make available, to provide
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• scam: A trick to fool other people to get their money
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• obliterate: To completely destroy; rub out; stamp out
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• tumble: To fall downwards, hitting the ground a few times
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• dime: Coin worth 10 US cents
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• oval: Being egg-shaped
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• interim: Acting or being used for a limited period of time
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• talk: Style of speaking
• decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
• nationalist: Person who strongly loves their country
• enrichment: Making someone's life richer
• childcare: Looking after children and babies
• fabrication: Deliberately false or improbable information
• delete: To remove or erase something
• nonsensical: Making no sense; having no reason
• tomahawk: A North American axe
• doge: Formerly the chief magistrate in Venice and Genoa