Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• at least: As a minimum
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• pulled off: To manage to succeed
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• close call: A situation in which something bad almost happens; a narrow escape.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• on the air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• concern about: To worry about something.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• state trooper: A state police officer; a highway patrol officer.
• with both hands: Readily and enthusiastically accept something.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• made public: To reveal or announce something to everyone.
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
• slap on the wrist: A mild or lenient punishment or warning.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• sit out: To refrain from participating in something.
• have to: Must do
• in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• says it all: To express everything that needs to be said without using many words.
• phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
• back away: To stop being involved with, as through fear
• walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• in the thick of it: Fully involved in an intense or difficult situation.
• captured on: To record or film something.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• run away from: To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• decade: Period of 10 years
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• couple: To join something to something else
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• stunt: Dangerous and daring trick, as in an action film
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• command: To be able to see far from a certain location
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• part: Division of a book
• area: Amount of measured space
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• swift: Quick
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• fallout: Radioactive particles after a nuclear explosion
• shuttle: Vehicle carrying passengers between two places
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off