Vocabulary

• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• pissed off: Angry or annoyed.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in short order: Very quickly; without delay.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• in itself: Considered alone or without reference to anything else; intrinsically.
• in terms of
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• beyond a reasonable doubt: Evidence that leaves no sensible doubt about the truth.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• read for: To read aloud on behalf of someone else.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• have to: Must do
• going on: To continue doing something
• turn into: To change to become something else
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• manifest: List of cargo on a ship
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• inherent: Existing as an essential part of
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• defense: Argument in support of something
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• verdict: Jury or judges finding or decision as to guilt
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• deterrent: Something stopping people wanting to do something
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
• vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• racial: Of or relating to race
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• firsthand: Received directly from a source
• less: Smaller in amount or degree
• felony: A serious crime, such as murder
• tent: Portable cloth shelter used outdoors for camping
• defendant: Person accused or sued in a legal case
• materialize: To become real or actual
• fatally: So as to cause death or very bad consequences
• courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
• altercation: A noisy quarrel, disagreement or fight
• manslaughter: Killing of a human being without intention
• shoo: Said to make people or animals go away