Vocabulary

• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• due: When something is required or expected
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• civilization: A highly developed society
• absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
• dire: (E.g. of consequences) very serious
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• basis: Main ingredient or part of something
• joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• fury: Rage; violent anger
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• tweet: Weak chirping sound as of a small bird
• oval: Being egg-shaped
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• add: To include as well
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• shipping: To transport goods by boat, truck or plane