Vocabulary

• in sight: Visible; able to be seen.
• on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• in places: In some locations but not others
• split up: To break up your marriage or relationship
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• military: Army or armed forces
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• leave: To go away from; depart
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• defense: Argument in support of something
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• troop: Group of people
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• morale: ​the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• administrative: Concerning managing an organization
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• unit: One apartment in a building
• infantry: Group of soldiers who fight on foot
• loophole: Error when making rules allowing people to avoid
• recruitment: Act of enlisting people into the army
• brigade: Official group who give help or rescue
• authorization: Giving approval by virtue of your authority
• shortfall: Failure to meet an expectation or amount needed
• homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
• aggressor: Country or person that starts a fight or conflict
• mobilization: (Of army) act of getting ready for action