Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at issue: Being the subject currently under discussion or dispute.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• have to: Must do
• plea deal: An agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a particular charge in return for some concession from the prosecutor.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• amount: Quantity of something
• 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
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• defense: Argument in support of something
• investigation: Search for information about something
• important: Having power or authority
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• convict: Person in prison
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• plea: Response given by a person charged with a crime
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• jeopardize: To pose a threat to; present a danger to
• prosecution: Lawyers acting to prove a defendant guilty
• plead: To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
• bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• classification: Putting similar items into groups or sets
• indict: To accuse someone of doing something wrong
• restitution: Act of returning something lost or stolen