Vocabulary

• in hospital: Admitted to a hospital for treatment.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• set up
• fight on: To continue fighting despite difficulties or setbacks.
• chain of events: A sequence of occurrences, where each event causes or influences the next.
• cash out: To count the sales at the end of a business day
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• out of pocket: Having spent more money than one has received.
• look back: To think about past events
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• account: An advantage
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• scam: A trick to fool other people to get their money
• anonymous: Unknown; with no name revealed
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• respond: To answer something or someone
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• rapport: Understanding or empathy between two people
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• dozen: 12 people or things
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• business: A company formed for making profit
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• coercion: Forcing people to do things by threats or the law
• relentlessly: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• nugget: Small, solid lump (of gold, chicken, wisdom etc.)
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• live: To be alive
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• headache: Pain in the head
• callous: Hardhearted; uncaring
• dodgy: Slightly dishonest; not quite right
• brazen: Shameless, impudent
• multiplier: Number to multiply by