Vocabulary

• dire consequences: Very serious or terrible results that follow an action or event.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• step into: To enter a place or situation.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• as per: According to; in accordance with.
• brick kiln: A type of oven used to fire bricks.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• at least: As a minimum
• act on: To have an effect on something.
• go the distance: To endure to the end; to be successful in the long run.
• act against: To take action in opposition to something or someone.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• on this score: Concerning or regarding this specific matter or issue.
• hand in glove: In very close cooperation or partnership.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• by definition: Inherently; as an essential quality or characteristic.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• such as: For example; like
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• for the benefit: In order to help or be useful to someone or something.
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• cheap: Not costing a lot of money
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• child: A very young person, between about 2 and 15
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• hour: 60 minutes
• big: Popular
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• person: Man, woman or child
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• happen: To take place or occur
• modernization: The process of making something up-to-date
• area: Amount of measured space
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• stone: Hard, solid piece of rock
• act: To behave in a certain way
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• require: To demand that someone does something
• bonded: To develop a close relationship with
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• abolish: To officially stop (a law or practice)
• furious: Extremely angry
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• data: Facts or information used to calculate or analyze
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• agriculture: The science of farming
• independence: Having the freedom to make your own decisions
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• slavery: State or condition of being a slave
• weaken: To make something or someone less powerful
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• prosecute: To try to prove someone legally guilty of a crime
• eradicate: To remove or destroy something completely
• rampant: Growing rapidly and uncontrollably
• kiln: Type of oven used for baking clay or brick
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• jingle: Light ringing sound like metal things being shaken
• judiciary: System of judges and courts in a country
• decidedly: Without question and beyond doubt
• toil: To do hard physical work for a long time
• secular: Not connected or controlled by religious beliefs
• multinational: Involving many countries
• safeguard: To protect and ensure the safety of
• mandate: To order that something is done