Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• look back: To think about past events
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• green light
• have on: To be wearing something.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• weigh in: To be weighed before a sports event to check you are not over a certain weight
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• break apart: To separate into pieces; disintegrate.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in keeping with: In agreement with; consistent with.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• talked on: To talk at length about a particular subject.
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• push aside: To ignore or dismiss something as unimportant.
• at least: As a minimum
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• 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
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• grasp: Person's control over something
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• ambivalent: Not sure what you feel about something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• briefing: To give information and instructions in a meeting
• critique: A review of the quality of a work
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• bullshit: Telling lies, nonsense (very rude)
• excerpt: Short part of a text; an extract
• forceful: Using strong or effective means or expression
• untold: (Of amounts) very large
• swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck