Vocabulary

• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• set up
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on to: Toward something; forward
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• break it to: To tell someone bad news.
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• on the stroke of: At the exact moment of a specific time.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
• intention: Aim or purpose
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• legit: As recognized by the law
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• communist: Believer in communism
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• treasure: Valuable things collected, and often hidden
• harbor: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• sip: To drink just a little at a time
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• dim: Not bright; not being clear
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• fusion: Combining various things to make something new
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• sovereign: King, queen, emperor etc. of a country
• symbol: Image that means or represents something
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• porcelain: Shiny, delicate substance used to make dishes
• gracious: Characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, luxury
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• admiration: A feeling of respect and appreciation
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• officially: According to what is stated by an authority figure
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• live: To be alive
• snag: To catch something on something sharp
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• mainland: Main land mass of a country or continent
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• chapter: Small local group forming part of a larger one
• western: Movies often about cowboys in the American West
• opium: Addictive drug made from the seeds of a poppy
• narcotic: (Of a drug) leading to unconsciousness
• thirst: Powerful desire or need for e.g. knowledge
• aristocratic: Being/acting like one from the highest social group
• early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
• road: Long piece of hard land for cars to travel on
• bullion: Mass of precious metal