Vocabulary

• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• military: Army or armed forces
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• seek: To ask someone for help
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• deter: To stop people doing a thing; stop from happening
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• retaliation: Revenge for something harmful or wrong
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• point: An item to be discussed
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• escalation: An increase in severity
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious