Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in terms of
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• at this point in time: At the current or specific moment under consideration.
• point in time: A specific moment or instance when something occurs or exists.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• deal with
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• hit back: To retaliate; to respond to an attack or criticism with a similar action.
• fight on: To continue fighting despite difficulties or setbacks.
• going on: To continue doing something
• speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• leave it there: To put something down and not move it from that location.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• prominent: Being important or well known
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• military: Army or armed forces
• shrink: To become smaller
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• brew: A beer; a drink of beer
• stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• maneuver: Military movement of troops
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• dwindle: To make or become less or smaller gradually
• exhaust: System of pipes through which gases escape
• public: Owned by the government
• point: An item to be discussed
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• reform: To re-shape something to a better condition
• successful: Having the desired effect or result
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• predictable: Capable of being guessed before it happens
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• mount: To attach something to something else
• mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
• prosecute: To try to prove someone legally guilty of a crime
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• deplete: To reduce the amount, strength or number of
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• defiance: Unashamed opposition or refusal to abide by rules
• totalitarian: Of government having total control over its people
• median: Being in the middle or average
• recruitment: Act of enlisting people into the army
• worsen: To make or become worse
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken