Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• on the books: Recorded in official documents or laws.
• ask for it: To behave in a way that will cause trouble or punishment.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• came into effect: To become operative or valid
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• fill out: To become fatter
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• in case of: If something happens; in the event of.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• in force: In large numbers or with great strength
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• for instance: As an example.
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• require: To demand that someone does something
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• leave: To go away from; depart
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• clarification: Act or process of making a liquid clear
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• streamline: To make smooth or more efficient
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• mobility: Ability to move
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• bureaucratic: Characterized by too many rules or officials
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• reply: Answer to someone's question
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• questionnaire: Form used to get information from many people
• provision: Clause in a legal document
• activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• chancellor: High government official
• informational: Concerning or having the nature of information
• frankfurter: Smoked sausage of minced beef or pork