Vocabulary

• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• break from: To separate oneself from an association or way of life, typically due to disagreement or disillusionment.
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• shift: To change in position or direction
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• military: Army or armed forces
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• respond: To answer something or someone
• deter: To stop people doing a thing; stop from happening
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• stable: In a position where something does not fall over
• great: Very good; better than before
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• 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
• affirmative: Saying 'yes'; confirming; agreeing to
• part: Division of a book
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• spokesperson: Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose