Vocabulary

• peace talks: Discussions between representatives of opposing sides in a conflict aimed at reaching a peaceful resolution.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talks on: To talk at length about a particular subject.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• walk away from: To leave a situation or relationship, especially when it is difficult or unpleasant.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• close down: To shut an operation, company, shop
• set up
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• have to: Must do
• basket case: A person who is completely unable to function normally, especially because of emotional problems.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• stand behind: To support or defend someone or something.
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• alleviate: To lessen the severity of something
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• 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
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• obliterate: To completely destroy; rub out; stamp out
• loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
• tick: To function properly or normally
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• navigation: Act of finding and following the correct course
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
• delegation: A group of people sent as representatives
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• broadcast: To send out signals by radio or television
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• visually: With respect to vision
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• level: Specific height of something
• picture: General situation or state of being
• grin: Showing the teeth because you are amused; smile
• live: To be alive
• happen: To take place or occur
• fruition: Successful result of a plan, process or activity
• add: To include as well
• laden: Being weighted down by a large amount of something
• blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
• close: Almost; near
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• unknown: Not being known or famous
• unleashed: To release or let an animal go
• waive: To allow a rule to be ignored; dispense with
• temperate: Having weather that is not too hot; mild
• generational: Concerning people born at about the same time