Vocabulary

• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• deal to: To give or inflict something, often harm or punishment.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• off the table: No longer being considered or discussed.
• have to: Must do
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• in terms of
• at least: As a minimum
• in vain: Without success or result; futilely.
• come around: To eventually change your opinion or be persuaded to agree with someone else's.
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• think out: To consider carefully so all points are covered
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• on the part of: By or done by (someone); concerning someone.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• deal with
• back then: At that time in the past.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• due: When something is required or expected
• respond: To answer something or someone
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• unconditional: With no demands made before agreeing
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• fund: To supply money for something
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics