Vocabulary

• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• coming to light: To become known or revealed.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• on the scene: Present at a location, especially where something has happened.
• one being: An individual existence; a person or creature.
• going on: To continue doing something
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• on the record: Officially documented or registered.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• brief: Information and instructions given for a meeting
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• confrontation: A disagreement or argument
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• examiner: Someone who gives a test
• allege: To state without proof
• advocacy: Request for change
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• fatally: So as to cause death or very bad consequences
• ram: Heavy device used to break through a door by force
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• homeland: Country where you were born