Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• into power: To gain political control or leadership position.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• strength: Condition of being strong
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• verdict: Jury or judges finding or decision as to guilt
• corrupt: To persuade someone to act illegal or immorally
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• great: Very good; better than before
• decisive: Able to make choices quickly and confidently
• weakness: Fault or bad quality preventing success
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• weak: Not having a strong character
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• live: To be alive
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• soviet: Elected government council in a communist country
• communism: Political system with state-controlled industry
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• special: Being additional or extra
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.