Vocabulary

• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• break out
• keep the peace: To maintain order and prevent conflict or disturbance.
• read out: To read something aloud so that other people can hear it.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• require: To demand that someone does something
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• eligible: Being able to be chosen or selected; suitable
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• verdict: Jury or judges finding or decision as to guilt
• act: To behave in a certain way
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• parole: Conditional release of a prisoner
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• concede: To admit that something is true
• triple: Group or set of three
• courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
• manslaughter: Killing of a human being without intention