Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• at least: As a minimum
• follow through: To fulfill a promise
• have to: Must do
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• look on the bright side: Try to find the positive aspect in a bad situation.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• through with: Having had enough (of trouble); wanting to stop
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• sovereignty: The power a country has to decide for itself
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• cumulative: Getting larger slowly through more additions
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• area: Amount of measured space