Vocabulary

• talks on: To talk at length about a particular subject.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• of late: Recently; lately.
• in the lead: Being ahead of others in a competition or race.
• lead up to: To prepare the way for; to serve as an introduction to.
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• under no circumstances: Absolutely not; in no situation.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• park in: To drive a vehicle into a parking spot or area.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• blast: To attack someone with words
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• propaganda: (Use of) message that you want people to accept
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• gesture: Bodily movement expressing a particular meaning
• devote: To dedicate
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• peninsula: Narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fraudulent: Using dishonest ways to take something valuable
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• wary: Concerned about danger; cautious; circumspect
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• fortify: To protect against military attack, as with walls
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• live: To be alive
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• special: Being additional or extra
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• useless: Having no use; incapable of functioning properly
• goodwill: An attitude of kindness or helpfulness
• arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
• defector: One fleeing to a country for political reasons
• daughter: A female child of someone
• child: A very young person, between about 2 and 15
• south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
• preview: Showing of a movie before public release
• videotape: Magnetic tape for recording live images and sound