Vocabulary

• testing ground: A place or situation where something new is tested.
• break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• test: To be given a medical examination
• testing: To be given a medical examination
• holiday: Day when people don't go to work or school
• birthday: Date each year on which you were born
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• big: Popular
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
• week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
• ready: Being likely or about to do something
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• part: Division of a book
• north: Direction to your left when facing the rising sun
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• happen: To take place or occur
• high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
• point: An item to be discussed
• planning: Act of making a detailed set of actions to do
• site: Place that is reserved for a particular activity
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• leader: Person who is in charge of a group or task
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• consider: To think carefully about something
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• deceive: To make someone believe something that is not true
• editorial: Article giving the opinion of a newspaper
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• conduct: Your behavior
• intention: Aim or purpose
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• closely: In a careful manner
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• military: Army or armed forces
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• withdrawal: Action of pulling back or move away or backward
• mount: To attach something to something else
• vow: Very serious promise
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• sovereignty: The power a country has to decide for itself
• manpower: The workers available
• mainland: Main land mass of a country or continent