Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• at least: As a minimum
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• in the foothills: Located at the lower slopes of a mountain or hill range.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
• made public: To reveal or announce something to everyone.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• might well: Used to indicate a good possibility or likelihood.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• chill: State of being a little cold
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• valuable: Being useful or important
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• extensive: Large; full or complete
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
• delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• public: Owned by the government
• usage: Amount something is used
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• host: Mass; a great number
• frantic: Frenzied; wild with excitement, worry etc.
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• warrant: Official authorization for some action or decision
• area: Amount of measured space
• discard: To take a card out of your hand in a card game
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• nugget: Small, solid lump (of gold, chicken, wisdom etc.)
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• ransom: Money demanded for the release of a prisoner
• sheriff: Officer who enforces the law in an area
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• doorstep: Wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway
• nest: Home, e.g. of twigs, made by a bird, insect etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
• backpack: Bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
• kidnap: To take someone and demand money to return them
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• abduction: Crime of taking (a child) away by force
• flashlight: Lights used in the dark, powered by batteries
• savannah: Flat grassland of tropical or subtropical regions
• doorbell: Button you push on outside door to gain entry
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet