Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• defense force: A military organization responsible for protecting a country against attack.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• setting off: To start a journey
• city center: The central part of a city, especially the main business or commercial area.
• head out: To leave a place; depart
• in case of: If something happens; in the event of.
• connected with: Related to; associated with.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• put to bed: To help a child get into bed and ready to sleep.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• next to: Being located along side another
• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• kill off: To eliminate or destroy completely; to cause to die.
• out of service: Not functioning; not available for use.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• at least: As a minimum
• under construction
• provided with: Past tense of providing; supplied or equipped someone with something.
• have to: Must do
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• compared with: In relation to
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• performance: Act of doing something
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• couple: To join something to something else
• due: When something is required or expected
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• leave: To go away from; depart
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• quarter: 25 cents
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• area: Amount of measured space
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• prefecture: An administrative state or region in a country
• smuggle: To illegally bring goods/people into a place
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off