Vocabulary

• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• sentenced to life: To be given a punishment of imprisonment for the rest of one's life.
• leave it there: To put something down and not move it from that location.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• behind bars: In prison; imprisoned.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• soup to nuts: Including everything from beginning to end; complete.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• address: Exact street location of a place
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• notorious: Being famous or publicly known for something bad
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
• remorse: Sense of guilt for something bad you did
• utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• defense: Argument in support of something
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• despicable: Deserving contempt; causing strong disapproval
• torment: Great mental or physical pain
• stump: To campaign by making political speeches
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• innocence: Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• parole: Conditional release of a prisoner
• sheriff: Officer who enforces the law in an area
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• fiery: Of or like fire; hot or angry
• coward: Someone too afraid to do what is right or needed
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
• barber: Person whose job is to cut men's hair, shave them
• misty: Filled with fog or mist, so you can't see well
• stoic: Person who can suffer without complaining
• analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• strangle: To kill by squeezing the throat, e.g. with a rope
• multi: A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'