Vocabulary

• to the effect: Expressed in a way conveying the general meaning or intention.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• across the pond: Referring to the Atlantic Ocean, especially when contrasting the UK and the US.
• at least: As a minimum
• in terms of
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• sit through: To stay until the end of something, especially something long or boring.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• defy: To refuse to obey; be resistant to
• slam: To criticize sharply
• mandate: To order that something is done
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• investigation: Search for information about something
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• transparency: Quality of being open to see/to public criticism
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• shrug: To raise the shoulders to show you don't care
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• penis: Male organ for copulation and urination
• inclusion: Act of including; person, thing that is included
• happen: To take place or occur
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• oversight: A mistake; something you forget to do
• terribly: To an extreme degree; badly; very
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
• rebuke: To tell someone off for what they did wrong
• unquote: To remove the quotation marks from
• suspiciously: With feelings that something is wrong
• botch: To do something very badly or carelessly
• baseless: Without any reason or justification
• expletive: Rude expression, usually of surprise or anger
• deposition: Removal of a person from his or her position
• statute: Rule created by an institution or organization
• subpoena: Legal document forcing a witness to give evidence
• deflection: Action of making move in a different direction
• mace: Aerosol sprayed in the face to ward off attackers