Vocabulary

• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• have to: Must do
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• joke around: To tease or play pranks; to act in a playful or silly way.
• teamed up with: To form as a group to work together on something
• in jest: Said as a joke, not seriously.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• against you: In opposition to you.
• give in: To submit work; hand in
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• on the basis of: Because of; using as a reason or justification.
• few steps: A small number of steps; a short distance.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• in hospital: Admitted to a hospital for treatment.
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• strike: To hit something
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• intriguing: Interesting; arousing your curiosity or wonder
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• brutality: Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• dissent: Difference of opinion; a disagreement
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• resignation: Reluctant acceptance when a thing can't be avoided
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• deaf: Not able to hear; hard of hearing
• colonial: Of a system where one country controls another
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• arrogance: Rude manner from belief you are better than others
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• happen: To take place or occur
• call: A order or request for action
• limbo: An uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement
• turnout: Outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
• party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• mute: Not willing or being unable to speak
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• cockroach: Insect with a hard, flat wing and long antennae
• teach: To help someone learn or do something
• normalize: To make something normal or regular
• young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
• baptism: Bathing someone in water to make them a Christian
• police: People, often in uniforms, who solve crimes
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
• jest: To mock or make fun of; joke