Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• have to: Must do
• carry out
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
• as such: Something previously stated or understood
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• walk free: To be released without punishment or penalty.
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• under observation: Being watched or monitored, typically for a specific reason.
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• listen in: To secretly listen to a conversation.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in terms of
• into power: To gain political control or leadership position.
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• respond: To answer something or someone
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• act: To behave in a certain way
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• perpetrator: Someone who commits a crime
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• composure: Self-possession and control of emotions; calmness
• capitalize: To write words, the first letter in BIG LETTERS
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• perplex: To confuse
• citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
• lag: Delay between two events
• judiciary: System of judges and courts in a country
• chancellor: High government official
• populist: Politician claiming to represent ordinary people
• passport: Official book of identification allowing travel
• touchy: Taking offense easily; easily angered
• unconstitutional: Not consistent with or according to a constitution
• undisturbed: Untroubled by interference or disturbance
• incitement: Rousing people to action, e.g. a riot
• sectarian: Restricted to one particular religious group
• stateless: Without nationality or citizenship
• centralization: Effort to locate things into one place or thing