Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• sign off: To end communications, e.g. by radio
• in bed with: Closely associated with someone, often secretly or unethically.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• work out
• demand on: A strong need or requirement that places a burden or strain.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• express: To send something by fast mail
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• valuable: Being useful or important
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• respect: To follow the established rules
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• indulgence: Act of letting someone do what he or she wants
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• important: Having power or authority
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• fully: Completely or entirely
• act: To behave in a certain way
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• competence: Ability to do in a fully satisfactory way
• confess: To admit that you did something wrong
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• disclosure: Making private information public
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• sue: Person's name
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust
• candid: Saying what you think openly and honestly
• oath: Promise to do something
• favorable: When a good result or positive outcome is likely
• uplift: To make someone feel happier or more hopeful
• morphine: Alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium
• deference: Courteous expression of esteem, or regard
• holly: Tree with red berries, associated with Christmas
• believability: Degree to which something is believable