Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have to: Must do
• out of a job: Without employment; having lost one's job.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• lead to: To result in some action
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• in store: About to happen in the future
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• huge: Very very large
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• military: Army or armed forces
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• communist: Believer in communism
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• inauguration: Official ceremony to start a new presidency, etc.
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• stability: Quality or state of being even or consistent
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• instruct: To command someone formally to do something
• bluff: To pretend to do something to trick someone
• weak: Not having a strong character
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• conquest: Land or a nation won or taken by force, an army
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• uncensored: Not subject to censorship
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• sparse: Being few in number and often widely spread
• everlasting: Going on or lasting for ever
• hermit: Person that lives alone and away from society
• partly: In part; not completely
• treasury: Government office concerned with finance
• negotiable: That can be discussed to come to an agreement
• blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
• plutonium: Radioactive metallic element
• breakaway: Separated/wanting separation from a group/policy