Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• fire drill: A practice evacuation to prepare for a fire.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• such as: For example; like
• as a matter of fact: In reality; actually; used to emphasize the truth of a statement, often when it differs from what someone might expect or believe.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• change over: To switch from one thing to another.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in arms: Bearing weapons; ready for or engaged in fighting.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• in times: During periods or moments of.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• work out
• on duty
• feel the need: To have a strong desire or urge to do something.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• mental: Concerning the mind
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
• endeavor: To attempt or make effort to do something
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• public: Owned by the government
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• amendment: A change, addition, or improvement to something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• spectator: Someone who watches an event
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• insensitive: Not responsive to physical touch
• militia: Local armed forces to assist the police
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• valentine: The person you date on Valentine's Day
• senseless: Stupid; not showing the use of reason
• legislature: Official group with the authority to make laws
• rifle: Group of soldiers armed with rifles
• firearm: Small weapon that you fire
• homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
• shoddy: Poorly made; acting badly