Vocabulary

• in the streets: Located or happening outdoors in public roads or areas.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
• pissed off: Angry or annoyed.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• crack down: To act forcefully in order to reduce crime, etc.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• not surprisingly: In a way that is not unexpected or predictable.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• bust down: To break down a door or other barrier, often forcefully.
• build a house: To construct a building for habitation.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• address: Exact street location of a place
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• cabin: Small basic wooden home in the countryside
• couple: To join something to something else
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• mend: To repair or put into good shape or working order
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• pervasive: Occurring or existing throughout all the parts
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• forum: Meeting where people can openly discuss a subject
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• act: To behave in a certain way
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• indicator: An instrument that shows temperature, speed etc.
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• enforce: To force something to be done or accepted
• approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• reflective: Having the ability to reflect light, heat, sound
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• part: Division of a book
• overwhelmingly: So it cannot be resisted
• waffle: Batter cooked in a hot iron, as with crisscrosses
• barometer: Any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• happen: To take place or occur
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• sieve: Device with fine mesh to filter out liquids
• illegally: In a manner not allowed by law; criminally
• deport: To force a person to leave a country
• pretzel: Glazed and salted cracker in the shape of a knot
• latino: Person with a Spanish-speaking background