Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• consider: To think carefully about something
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• couple: To join something to something else
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• tribal: Concerning or about a tribe