Vocabulary

• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• have to: Must do
• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• look back: To think about past events
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• ring in: To call by telephone.
• like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• glimpse: To see or notice something very briefly
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• brutality: Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• desperation: Feeling all hope is lost and you will do anything
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• deep: Complex and important
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• torn: To move very quickly, often with carelessness
• lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
• homage: Giving honor or respect to someone for achievement
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• history: Established pattern or record
• mark: Person's name
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• distrust: Feeling of having no faith in a person/thing
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• eve: The time just before something happens
• twinkle: To shine with a flickering gleam of light