Vocabulary

• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• lead to: To result in some action
• look away: To turn your eyes in a different direction, especially because you are embarrassed, frightened, or upset.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• carry out
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• going on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• on the line: At risk; in a situation where something could be lost.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• investigation: Search for information about something
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• purge: To make clear/clean by getting rid of evil/waste
• act: To behave in a certain way
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• inauguration: Official ceremony to start a new presidency, etc.
• administrative: Concerning managing an organization
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• massacre: Killing of a large number of people
• allege: To state without proof
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• oust: To eject from a position or place; force out