Vocabulary

• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• page in: Contact someone by pager urgently.
• with dignity: In a manner that shows respect and seriousness.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• into power: To gain political control or leadership position.
• with good grace: Doing something willingly and politely without complaint.
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• spend more time: To dedicate a greater amount of time to a particular activity or person.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• dedicate: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• sake: Japanese rice wine
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• value: Importance you attach to something
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• respect: To follow the established rules
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• staff: Employees of a company
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• disappointment: Feeling or state of not being satisfied
• decency: Behavior that is good, moral and acceptable
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• austerity: Lack of luxury or plenty
• uplift: To make someone feel happier or more hopeful
• timetable: Schedule listing the time that events will happen
• proudly: With pride; in a proud manner
• orderly: Organized in a way that makes sense or is neat
• defence: The process of protecting something from attack