Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• followed up: To check information or facts later
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• give away
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• at large: (of a person or animal, especially one that is dangerous) not captured; free.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• judging from: Based on the available evidence or information.
• check out
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• conduct: Your behavior
• military: Army or armed forces
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• ambassador: Official representing a country in another country
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• agriculture: The science of farming
• respond: To answer something or someone
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• cautious: Careful about avoiding danger, problems
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• important: Having power or authority
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• navigation: Act of finding and following the correct course
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• boutique: Small fashionable shop
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• flaky: Made of or resembling flakes
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• barrage: Continued fire of weapons or verbal utterances
• prosecute: To try to prove someone legally guilty of a crime
• level: Specific height of something
• embassy: Building where an ambassador works
• sample: To try (e.g. food, drink), to see if you like it
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• peace: Calm and quiet state
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
• israel: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
• town: Small city
• bank: A financial institution that keeps or lends money
• late: At a time after the expected time
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise
• push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
• superhero: Fictional character who fights evil