Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• due to: Because of; owing to
• have to: Must do
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• dropping by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• hit back: To retaliate; to respond to an attack or criticism with a similar action.
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• passport control: The place where your passport is checked when you enter a country.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• as intended: In the way that was planned or meant to happen.
• on the brink of: Very near to experiencing something, usually something unpleasant.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• seek: To ask someone for help
• admission: Act of allowing someone to enter
• due: When something is required or expected
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• overhaul: To repair and fix something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• entry: Act of entering a room, building, party
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• refund: To give money back, e.g. if a product is faulty
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• submerge: To sink or put below the surface
• prefecture: An administrative state or region in a country
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• outage: Temporary loss of electrical power
• passport: Official book of identification allowing travel
• rainfall: Water falling from the sky
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning