Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• in perpetuity: Continuing forever without end.
• trade off: Exchange that occurs as a compromise
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• dispose of: To get rid of something, especially by throwing it away.
• major in: To specialize in a particular subject at college or university.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on the back of: As a result of or following something.
• black and blue: Covered with bruises.
• up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• law enforcement officer: A member of an agency responsible for enforcing laws.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• from start to finish: Covering the whole process from beginning to end.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• rate it: To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• hear of: To know about someone or something because you have been told about them
• pick on: To tease or bully someone
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• regardless of
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• affluent: Having plenty of money and possessions
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• spray: To cover something with a stream of tiny drops
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• public: Owned by the government
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• outlet: Place in a wall to supply electricity to a device
• alive: Living; not dead
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• license: To give official permission to do something
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• datum: Item of factual information
• historically: In history; in the past
• amber: Hard, clear yellow dried resin from trees