Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• have to: Must do
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in the closet: Keeping something, often sexual orientation, secret.
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• down the drain: Wasted or lost completely.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• to God: Used to emphasize truth or sincerity.
• without incident: Happening without any unexpected trouble or accident.
• at gunpoint: Forced or threatened with a gun.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
• behind bars: In prison; imprisoned.
• under arrest: Being held by the police; formally detained.
• fit together: To combine or join parts properly or correctly.
• by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• come along: To go with someone who takes the lead
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• those times: A period in the past, often remembered fondly.
• game over: The end of a game or a situation.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• in plain sight: Easily visible; not hidden.
• play it cool: To act calm and relaxed, especially in a stressful situation.
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• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• decade: Period of 10 years
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• confession: Admission you have done something wrong
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• confess: To admit that you did something wrong
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• warrant: Official authorization for some action or decision
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• inform: To give information or facts about something
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
• smell: To have a particular odor
• grate: To shred food into very small pieces
• abduct: To take away by force, usually to get money
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• sex: State of being male or female
• phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
• handcuff: Police object used to restrain hands of criminals
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information