Vocabulary

• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• set up
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• walk alone: To walk without company; to walk by oneself.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• push the boat out: To spend a lot of money to celebrate something.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• on the scene: Present at a location, especially where something has happened.
• in summary: Briefly stating or reviewing main points.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• check out
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• huge: Very very large
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• arrogant: Rude, from belief you are better than others
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• procedure: A medical operation
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• anonymity: When no one knows your identity
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• societal: Concerning society or a society
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• zodiac: A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into constellations or signs for astrological purposes
• area: Amount of measured space
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• dub: To add a new soundtrack to an audio recording
• spree: Short intense period of shopping/killing etc.
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• parole: Conditional release of a prisoner
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
• penchant: Definite liking; a strong inclination
• hitchhike: To travel by getting free rides in cars
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
• chamberlain: Officer who manages the household of a king/queen