Vocabulary

• news conference: A meeting organized for the purpose of disseminating information to the news media.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• going on: To continue doing something
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• one of those days: A day when many things go wrong.
• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in terms of
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• leave it there: To put something down and not move it from that location.
• have to: Must do
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• leave: To go away from; depart
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• act: To behave in a certain way
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• horrific: Terrifying and shocking
• raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• perpetrator: Someone who commits a crime
• briefing: To give information and instructions in a meeting
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
• unimaginable: That cannot be imagined; unthinkable
• traumatise: To cause trauma and shock to a person