Vocabulary

• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• update on: To provide the latest information about something.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• peace talks: Discussions between representatives of opposing sides in a conflict aimed at reaching a peaceful resolution.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• go either way: To have two possible outcomes; to be uncertain.
• wipe out: To destroy or be destroyed
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• change up: To introduce variety or do something differently.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• tighten up: To make stricter or more secure.
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• leg up: Assistance given to someone by lifting or pushing them up.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• expire: To breathe out
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• imminent: Happening soon; about to happen
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• myriad: Very large quantity of something
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• maritime: Concerning sailing, ships
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• fracture: Break in a bone, usually small
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• magnet: Metal object that attracts or repels other metals
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• swift: Quick
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• deadline: A date or time before which something must be done
• naval: Concerning a navy or ships used in war
• globally: Throughout the world
• hiccup: A spasm of the diaphragm emitting a sharp sound
• blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
• piracy: Act of robbing a plane or ship
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed
• unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
• amass: To collect a large amount of something