Vocabulary

• talk radio: A radio program or station featuring discussions and interviews.
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• set up
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• In the event of: If something happens, especially something undesirable
• pro bono: Denoting work undertaken without charge, especially legal work for a client with a low income.
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• conspiracy: Plan made in secret to do something illegal
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• command: To be able to see far from a certain location
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• business: A company formed for making profit
• license: To give official permission to do something
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• coup: Successful taking over of a thing; sudden success
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• electromagnetic: Having magnetic and electrical parts
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
• pope: Bishop of Rome and the head of the Catholic Church
• deviation: Difference from what is normal or standard
• takeover: Change of ownership of a corporation
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• unquote: To remove the quotation marks from
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• sweetheart: Person loved by another person
• directive: An order from an authority
• doggy: Word for dog used by and to children
• dale: Area of low land between hills or mountains
• mainframe: Large computer with considerable power
• tango: Type of sexy ballroom dance from Argentina
• teddy: A soft toy resembling a bear; teddy bear