Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• next to: Being located along side another
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• deal with
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• strike: To hit something
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• military: Army or armed forces
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• irrelevant: Not important; not related to the topic
• huge: Very very large
• parallel: To be equal to, or like, something else
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• act: To behave in a certain way
• navigation: Act of finding and following the correct course
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• shrine: Religious place that honors a person or saint
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
• escalation: An increase in severity
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• retaliate: To take revenge for something harmful or wrong
• confirmation: Approval or check of something
• chant: To repeat a word or groups of words continuously
• analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
• costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
• livelihood: Way someone earns money to live
• hardline: Extreme and stubborn in your beliefs or opinions
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area
• ayatollah: Important religious or political leader in Iran