Vocabulary

• light on: To illuminate something.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• under oath: Having promised legally to tell the truth in court.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• urge: A strong desire for something
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prominent: Being important or well known
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• shed: Small building used for storage
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• valuable: Being useful or important
• require: To demand that someone does something
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• public: Owned by the government
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
• compel: To force someone to do something
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• convict: Person in prison
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• mount: To attach something to something else
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• offender: Person who breaks a law or other rule
• prostitution: Practice of offering sex for money
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• oath: Promise to do something
• duchess: Wife or widow of a duke
• criminally: In a way that cannot be justified; shamefully
• longtime: Concerning for a long duration