Vocabulary

• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• flat out: To go as fast as you possibly can
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• staff: Employees of a company
• public: Owned by the government
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• convict: Person in prison
• betrayal: Act of giving knowledge or information to an enemy
• rank: To rate or class things
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• pointless: Being without a purpose or meaning
• deputy: Assistant to a leader who acts on his, her behalf
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• uphold: To support to keep it being used as it should
• callous: Hardhearted; uncaring
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• imprison: To put someone (e.g. a criminal) in prison