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Barack Obama – Glossary
active adjective give up phrasal verb
very involved in the work of an organization or to stop doing something that you do regularly
with a particular activity His wife finally persuaded him to give up smoking.
She continues to be active in politics.
global adjective
beat verb including or affecting the whole world
to defeat someone in a game, competition, election, There is no obstacle to making our company truly
or battle global.
In 2000, George W Bush narrowly beat Al Gore in
the election. habit noun [count/uncount]
something that you do often or regularly, often
campaign noun [count] without thinking about it
a series of things that a politician or political party He had acquired some rather bad habits at
does to try to win an election college.
It is alleged that the party used illegal methods to
finance its campaign. influence noun [count]
a person or thing that has an effect on someone or
candidate noun [count] something
one of the people competing in an election His years in Hollywood were artistically a very
the Labour/Liberal/Conservative candidate destructive influence on his films.
citizen noun [count] partly adverb
someone who lives in a particular town or city to some degree, but not completely
the citizens of Edinburgh I’ll admit I was partly to blame.
Congress noun party noun [count]
the group of people in the US who are elected to an organized group of people who have similar
make laws. It consists of the House of ideas about the way in which a country should be
Representatives and the Senate governed, and who work together to try to
Congress has approved a bill to raise taxes. persuade people to vote for them in elections
current adjective raise verb
happening or existing now to collect money for a particular purpose
There are several reasons for the current political We managed to raise over £4,000 through
situation. sponsored events.
the Democratic party noun represent verb
one of the two main political parties in the US. Its to speak or act officially for another person, group,
policies are usually more liberal than those of the or organization
other main party, the Republican Party. a group that represents the interests of the workers
in the steel industry
donation noun [count]
money or goods that you give to an organization, representative noun [count]
especially one that helps people someone who has been chosen or elected by a
The bank has promised a donation of £24 million person or group to vote, give opinions, or make
towards the disaster fund. decisions for them
elected/political representative
election noun [count]
an occasion when people vote for someone to the Republican Party noun
represent them, especially in a government one of the two main political parties in the US,
They have only recently won an election under his whose members tend to have conservative views.
leadership.
the Senate noun
foreign adjective the more senior part of the US Congress
dealing with or relating to other countries
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