Vocabulary

• knock on: To strike a door or window to attract attention.
• compared with: In relation to
• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• at the worst: Used to describe the worst possible situation or outcome.
• in full swing: At its peak of activity; fully active or operational.
• in the region of: Approximately around a certain amount or number.
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• drive away: To leave in a vehicle.
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• afford: To make available, to provide
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• tiny: Very, very small
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• fellow: Man or a boy
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• erode: To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• margin: Edge of an area
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• fertilizer: Substance added to soil to help plants grow
• savage: Condition of being cruel, violent, uncivilized
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• fill: To make something full
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• bud: Small part of a plant that will be a flower
• diesel: Heavy mineral oil used for power engines
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• countryside: Natural open land away from towns
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.