Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• deal with
• longer lasting: Continuing or enduring for a greater amount of time.
• come to terms with: To accept something difficult or unpleasant.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• save face: To avoid embarrassment or humiliation; to maintain one's reputation or dignity.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• turn back: To stop and move backward on some issue
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• at odds: In a state of conflict or disagreement
• in short supply: Not available in sufficient quantity; scarce.
• work away: To work in a place that is far from home.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• consider: To think carefully about something
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• exert: To make something have an effect on something else
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• maneuver: Military movement of troops
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• tick: To function properly or normally
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• unwind: To reverse something that has been twisted/turned
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
• piece: A counter in a board game
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• sovereign: King, queen, emperor etc. of a country
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• transit: System of transportation, often in a city
• enrich: To make someone or something better
• juggle: To entertain by throwing and catching balls, etc.
• suspension: Liquid in which fine particles are suspended
• geography: Study of the earth and its natural features
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• refinement: Act of changing slightly to make it better
• costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
• unacceptable: Not being or behaving in the correct or right way
• adversarial: Involving opposition or disagreement
• blackmail: To threaten to tell a secret unless you are paid
• froth: A mass of bubbles formed on top of a liquid