Vocabulary

• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• kick out: To force to leave because of poor grades, behavior
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• green light
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• stick together: To support each other; remain united.
• have to: Must do
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at least: As a minimum
• in print: Available for sale in book form
• hit back: To retaliate; to respond to an attack or criticism with a similar action.
• at play here: Having an influence or effect in a particular situation.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• educational attainment: The highest level of education that someone has completed.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• by design: Intentionally; deliberately.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• leave it there: To put something down and not move it from that location.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• leave: To go away from; depart
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• fully: Completely or entirely
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• sovereign: King, queen, emperor etc. of a country
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• migrant: Person moving to live and work in another place
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• racial: Of or relating to race
• oversight: A mistake; something you forget to do
• homeland: Country where you were born
• obligate: To force someone to do something, as a duty
• roe: Eggs of a fish
• statute: Rule created by an institution or organization
• miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour