Vocabulary

• at sea
• at least: As a minimum
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• without me: Not including me; excluding me.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• mental: Concerning the mind
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• strike: To hit something
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• maritime: Concerning sailing, ships
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• merchant: Someone who buys and sells goods
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• tanker: Vehicle built to transport liquids