Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• have to: Must do
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• set up
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• military: Army or armed forces
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• seek: To ask someone for help
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• influx: Sudden arrival of many people or things
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• leave: To go away from; depart
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• altogether: All things considered
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
• brutally: In a very violent or mean way
• great: Very good; better than before
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• coup: Successful taking over of a thing; sudden success
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• legitimacy: Legally allowed act; undisputed credibility
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• deportation: Act of expelling a person from their native land
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• bartender: Employee who makes and serves alcohol at a bar
• assassinate: To murder a famous or public figure
• entrench: To make an opinion fixed so it is hard to change
• warren: Large network of connecting rabbit burrows
• insurgent: Person who rebels against governing authority
• dreadfully: Very; extremely (usually something bad)
• yin: In Chinese philosophy, female force joining yang
• sot: Chronic drinker