Vocabulary

• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• saw through: To realize the truth about
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
• tea: A full meal eaten around 5-7 p.m (in the UK)
• dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
• drinking: To put water in your body through your mouth
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• cook: To heat food until it is ready to eat
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• long: Person's name
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• east: Direction where the sun rises
• cry: To sound an animal may make to call its family
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• meeting: To provide something that is necessary
• rang: To draw a circular shape or mark around something
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• shout: To speak very loudly to get attention
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• sale: Event during which the prices of goods are reduced
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• kill: To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
• call: A order or request for action
• angry: Having a strong feeling of being upset
• tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
• harbor: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• continued: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• taxation: System of charging and collecting taxes
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• rainy: When rain falls
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• deeply: To a significant degree
• respond: To answer something or someone
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• imposed: To make someone to do or endure something
• smuggling: Illegally bringing goods, drugs etc. into a country
• rebellion: Act of conflicting with someone in authority
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• representation: Depicting objects, figures, or scenes as seen
• intrigue: To make someone interested or curious
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• overboard: Going over the side of a boat or ship into the sea
• surplus: More than is needed or wanted
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• bloody: Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
• boycott: To not buy a product for moral reasons
• pledged: To make a promise; make an oath
• brewed: To make an alcoholic drink e.g. beer
• lax: Not careful about your work or attitudes; sloppy
• teapot: Pot for brewing tea with a spout and handle
• grassroot: An ordinary member of an organization.
• colonize: To take control over place and live there
• mob: A secret criminal organization
• legislature: Official group with the authority to make laws
• imperial: Of an empire or an emperor
• oppression: Treatment of people to limit their freedom
• beloved: Loved very much
• heated: To make hot or hotter