Vocabulary

• move closer: To reduce the distance between two objects or people.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• point in time: A specific moment or instance when something occurs or exists.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• rally around: To come together to support someone or something.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• bring to: To make someone to wake up from being unconscious
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• prominent: Being important or well known
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• communist: Believer in communism
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• mainland: Main land mass of a country or continent
• journalism: Profession of writing or reporting news
• economically: In an efficient manner
• reunification: State of putting separate things together again