Vocabulary

• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• write down: To record in writing
• at least: As a minimum
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• address: Exact street location of a place
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• leave: To go away from; depart
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• part: Division of a book
• dual: (Of two similar things) existing/used side by side
• activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
• citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• condemnation: Expression of strong disapproval
• lawyer: Professional who helps people with the law
• lifeline: Rope or cord used to attach a person to a boat
• heartbreak: Great sorrow caused by e.g. death of loved one
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information