Vocabulary

• in hospital: Admitted to a hospital for treatment.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• news conference: A meeting organized for the purpose of disseminating information to the news media.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• carry out
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• worth mentioning: Important or interesting enough to be spoken about or noted.
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• prominent: Being important or well known
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• seek: To ask someone for help
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• broad: General; not detailed
• withdrawal: Action of pulling back or move away or backward
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• horrific: Terrifying and shocking
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• perpetrator: Someone who commits a crime
• ambush: Act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• approachable: Easy to talk to or deal with
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• happen: To take place or occur
• prosecution: Lawyers acting to prove a defendant guilty
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• metro: Underground railway or subway
• wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
• station: (Army) to be posted to a place to perform duties
• welcome: Being what was wanted or needed
• afghanistan: Country in central Asia between Iran and Pakistan
• enter: To start a career or an education
• homeland: Country where you were born
• north: Direction to your left when facing the rising sun
• gunman: Person who shoots a gun (as specified)