Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look back: To think about past events
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• set up
• in a big way: To a great or significant extent.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• dead set against: Strongly opposed or determined not to accept something.
• set against: To compare or consider (one thing) in opposition to another.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• closer to home: Nearer to one's place of residence or origin.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• going on: To continue doing something
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
• follow on: To happen as a result of something.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• amount: Quantity of something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• military: Army or armed forces
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• 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
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• elevate: To make something higher
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• periphery: Far edge of something
• blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
• socialism: Political system with state control/free benefits
• gatekeeper: Someone who controls access to something