Vocabulary

• in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
• back off: To stop supporting; lose courage
• in the name of the law: By the authority of legal law or government.
• stop in: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• get across: To communicate (something) clearly and effectively.
• in theaters: Currently showing at movie theaters.
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• dash: To hit against something with a lot of force
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• reptile: Animals such as snakes, lizards
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• oath: Promise to do something
• tangle: To involve in troubles that are hard to escape
• nick: Person's name
• gal: Another way to say girl
• snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
• cannonball: Solid ball of metal fired from a cannon
• rabbit: Type of small animal with long ears and four legs
• fox: Small forest animal with 4 legs and a long tail
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt