Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
• in the pay of: Receiving money regularly from an employer or for secret work.
• at the ready: Fully prepared and available for immediate use.
• murder rate: The number of murders committed per a specific population size, usually per 100,000 people, in a given area and time period.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• tricks of the trade: Special methods useful for effective work in a particular job.
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• root out: To find and get rid of something completely, especially something unpleasant or unwanted.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• in arms: Bearing weapons; ready for or engaged in fighting.
• in the act: While performing an action, especially something wrong or illegal.
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
• corrupt: To persuade someone to act illegal or immorally
• artery: Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• modify: To make minor change to something
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• forensic: Establishing facts or evidence in investigations
• fracture: Break in a bone, usually small
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• deep: Complex and important
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• convict: Person in prison
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• nearby: Close to where you are
• unit: One apartment in a building
• risky: With the chance it may be dangerous, unsuccessful
• local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
• turf: Grass or a grass-like surface
• upstairs: On a floor above
• grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• search: To examine a person's clothing to find something
• derivative: Not from original ideas; from somewhere else
• hull: Frame or main body of a boat
• smuggle: To illegally bring goods/people into a place
• caliber: Degree or grade of excellence or worth
• heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine
• scrabble: To search quickly through a pile of objects
• attrition: Reduction in size, numbers, or strength over time
• brazen: Shameless, impudent
• gunman: Person who shoots a gun (as specified)
• bien: (French) good
• waterline: Line painted on ship to show safe limit of water