Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• have to: Must do
• go away: To go on vacation
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• double down: In gambling, to double one's bet, typically in exchange for taking one more card.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• in times: During periods or moments of.
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• seal of approval: An indication that something is of a high standard or officially approved.
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• financial: Involving money
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• military: Army or armed forces
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• sovereign: King, queen, emperor etc. of a country
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• cooperation: Working together to get something done
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• partnership: Shared business relationship with someone
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• destabilizing: To make unstable or unpredictable
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation