Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• up and running: Fully operational; functioning correctly.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• at sea
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• internet users: People who use the internet.
• check out
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• prominent: Being important or well known
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• military: Army or armed forces
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• factor: Something that influences a result
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• respond: To answer something or someone
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• defense: Argument in support of something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• cripple: To hurt and make useless
• believe: To think or accept that something is true