Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• in tandem: (Of two people/organizations) working together
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• point at: To aim (gun, etc.) at someone or something
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• at least: As a minimum
• turn in: To produce or achieve a good performance
• going on: To continue doing something
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• conduct: Your behavior
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• remedy: Way to solve or fix a problem
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• admission: Act of allowing someone to enter
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• leave: To go away from; depart
• deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• persecution: Act of treating badly due to race, religion etc.
• apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
• tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• branch: Part of a family related to the same members
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• business: A company formed for making profit
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• gracious: Characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, luxury
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• abruptly: Suddenly; without warning
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• hollow: (Of objects) having nothing inside; not solid
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• sue: Person's name
• deportation: Act of expelling a person from their native land
• happen: To take place or occur
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• violation: Abuse, damage or total disregard
• tandem: A bicycle with two sets of pedals and saddles
• olive: Person's name
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• disclose: To make once private information public
• purposeful: Having a clear goal or intent
• lawyer: Professional who helps people with the law
• deport: To force a person to leave a country
• freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college