Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• got to: To arrive at some place
• back then: At that time in the past.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• black and white
• set up
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• carve up: To divide something into portions or shares.
• all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• in passing: Mentioned briefly or casually without focus.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• at the most: No more than; maximum amount or degree.
• decent life: A life that is satisfactory, respectable, and reasonably comfortable.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• at least: As a minimum
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• poverty: State of being poor
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• rebel: Person who fights against established government
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• role: Character played by an actor
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• leave: To go away from; depart
• defense: Argument in support of something
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• migrant: Person moving to live and work in another place
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• great: Very good; better than before
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• laughter: Action or sound of laughing
• heel: Back or end part of something
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• fund: To supply money for something
• psyche: Soul, mind, or feelings of a person or group
• preventive: Done to stop something bad happening
• bloated: To cause to swell up or inflate with gas or liquid
• advocacy: Request for change
• bulletin: (Sudden or urgent) news piece
• atomic: Concerning atoms
• constituency: Group of voters in a specific area
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• segregate: To separate people by skin color, sex or religion
• mama: A mother