Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have to: Must do
• withdraw from: To take out or remove (something) from a place or container.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• road ahead: The future; what is to come.
• made public: To reveal or announce something to everyone.
• lie ahead: To be going to happen in the future.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• lay in: To provide stocks (e.g. for the winter)
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• shoot back: To respond to gunfire by shooting in return.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• for the sake of: For the purpose of; in the interest of.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• on to: Toward something; forward
• set by: To separate and save for another use or time
• at least: As a minimum
• in charge: To be responsible for
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• in terms of
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• financial: Involving money
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• blow: To move something using air
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• role: Character played by an actor
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• withdrawal: Action of pulling back or move away or backward
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• public: Owned by the government
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• dismantle: To take something apart in an organized way
• proxy: Person authorized to act for another
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• implementation: A practical means for accomplishing something
• topple: To cause a government/leader to be overthrown
• regenerate: To form or create new things
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• judicial: Concerning the orders and laws of a court
• devil: A spirit said to be evil
• disarm: To take away the weapons of
• deployment: Distribution of forces before battle or work
• insurgency: Armed rebellion to get rid of a government