Vocabulary

• under fire: Being heavily criticized.
• knock out: To hit and make unconscious
• tick down: To count down or progressively decrease over time.
• at least: As a minimum
• close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• urge: A strong desire for something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• 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
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• row: To move a boat using oars
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• tick: To function properly or normally
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• act: To behave in a certain way
• coverage: Type of programs a radio or TV station broadcasts
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• hint: To suggest without being direct about it
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• reasonable: Being somewhat good, but not great
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• defiant: Refusing to obey (rules, parent); resistant
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• violation: Abuse, damage or total disregard
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
• navy: Very dark shade of blue
• enrichment: Making someone's life richer