Vocabulary

• to do with: To be about something; concern
• make no difference: To have no effect or importance.
• on the air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• on television: Appearing or broadcast on TV.
• fair game: Someone or something that is considered a legitimate target for criticism, attack, or exploitation.
• play out: To use up or exhaust
• run with: To take and work with an idea, plan as your own
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in terms of
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• great: Very good; better than before
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• person: Man, woman or child
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• allegation: Accusation against someone (often in court)
• suburban: Of residential areas outside a city
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• backfire: (Vehicle) to explode fuel in the muffler
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• unrelated: Not related; not connected
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• estrange: To cause to be no longer connected or close to
• stepfather: Husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage