Vocabulary

• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• require: To demand that someone does something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• important: Having power or authority
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• person: Man, woman or child
• wise: Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• happen: To take place or occur
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty