Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• come running: To approach quickly by running.
• in terms of
• lash out: To suddenly attempt to hit someone or something.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• turn on
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• get along: To have a friendly relationship with someone; like
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• blow off steam: To release anger or frustration in a harmless way.
• other places: Different locations or areas
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• train of thought: A connected series of thoughts.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• autonomy: The power to make independent decisions
• bargain: Something bought for a lower price than expected
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• previously: At an earlier time
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• defense: Argument in support of something
• forum: Meeting where people can openly discuss a subject
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• act: To behave in a certain way
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• genocide: Deliberate destruction of a group of people
• point: An item to be discussed
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• great: Very good; better than before
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• pharmacy: Shop where medicines are prepared and sold
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• pharmaceutical: Concerning the science of drugs and medicines
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• incline: To bend the head or body forward
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• lash: Small hairs that grow above and below your eyes
• successor: Person who takes over the position of another
• embargo: Order from a government which prohibits something
• playbook: Notebook with diagrams of the plays of a team
• unorthodox: Different from the norm in behavior or thought
• jade: Green stone used to make jewelry/art objects
• transatlantic: Going across the Atlantic Ocean
• annex: An extension to a main building
• accelerator: Pedal that controls the speed a vehicle moves
• spat: A small fight or disagreement
• favorably: So as to give or show approval