Vocabulary

• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• law enforcement officer: A member of an agency responsible for enforcing laws.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• intersection: Place where two things cross
• prank: Trick performed to make people look foolish
• defense: Argument in support of something
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• person: Man, woman or child
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• harmless: Being unable to cause damage or injury; safe
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• fidelity: Loyalty
• retire: To stop using, producing, or servicing something
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• sergeant: Officer of low rank in the military
• spokesperson: Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
• fort: Group of military buildings with high walls
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
• doorbell: Button you push on outside door to gain entry
• homeowner: Someone who owns a home
• dong: Basic unit of money in Vietnam