Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have to: Must do
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• last straw: The final problem in a series of problems that causes someone to lose patience or give up.
• bow to: To bend the head or body as a sign of respect or greeting.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• around the corner: Very near; close by.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• act on: To have an effect on something.
• going on: To continue doing something
• shit out: To produce something quickly and in large quantities, often of low quality.
• wipe away: To remove with a cloth
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• called off: To cancel or stop planning an activity or event
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• sign me up: To enlist; enroll; register
• on to: Toward something; forward
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• by all accounts: According to what everyone says; reportedly
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• at war: Engaged in a war; fighting
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• defense: Argument in support of something
• authoritarian: Person expecting complete obedience
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• dictatorship: Form of government with an absolute rules
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• formidable: Powerful; causing fear and deserving respect
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• act: To behave in a certain way
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• point: An item to be discussed
• temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• part: Division of a book
• tantrum: Uncontrollable fit of temper or anger
• underway: Happening now
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• critique: A review of the quality of a work
• concede: To admit that something is true
• bluff: To pretend to do something to trick someone
• kinetic: Of or relating to movement
• blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
• decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
• infamy: State of extreme dishonor
• hardline: Extreme and stubborn in your beliefs or opinions