Vocabulary

• plea deal: An agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a particular charge in return for some concession from the prosecutor.
• sentenced to life: To be given a punishment of imprisonment for the rest of one's life.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• deal to: To give or inflict something, often harm or punishment.
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• drive in: To enter a place or area by driving a vehicle.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• at least: As a minimum
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as such: Something previously stated or understood
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• due to: Because of; owing to
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• going on: To continue doing something
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• anonymous: Unknown; with no name revealed
• couple: To join something to something else
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• rehabilitation: Helping criminals, etc. to return to normal life
• cult: Small extreme religious group
• investigation: Search for information about something
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• alive: Living; not dead
• basement: Floor or room in a building beneath the ground
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• convict: Person in prison
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• vanish: To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
• plea: Response given by a person charged with a crime
• vampire: Bloodsucking dead person who bites neck of victim
• restrain: To limit, restrict, or keep under control
• plead: To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
• authoritative: Being or from a knowledgeable or reliable source
• probation: Reporting to police, instead of being jailed
• christianity: Beliefs, practices based on teachings of Jesus
• cleanliness: Keeping yourself clean; state of being clean
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• lance: Weapon like a spear carried by knights in jousts
• gov: Shortened form of 'government'; internet address