Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• set up
• go on: To continue doing something
• going on: To continue doing something
• vote in: To elect someone into a position by voting.
• bad press: Negative publicity or media coverage.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• call it quits: To stop doing something; to give up
• on and off: Intermittently; not continuously.
• straighten out: To resolve a problem or difficulty; to clarify a misunderstanding.
• sit down: To take a seat
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• urge: A strong desire for something
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
• raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
• surround: To be all the way around something
• great: Very good; better than before
• quit: To leave a job
• approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
• usher: One who leads you to your seat, as in a theater
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• rap: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• incline: To bend the head or body forward
• cop: Slang for police officer
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• exempt: Released from some duty that others have to do
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• resolute: Firm in purpose or belief
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• crook: A criminal or thief; dishonest person
• dishonest: Likely to steal or lie; deceitful; corrupt