Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• amounted to: To have reached a total of; to be equal to.
• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• on air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• rip it up: To tear something into pieces forcefully.
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• come clean: To confess fully; to admit wrongdoing.
• rip up: To tear something into pieces.
• beyond a reasonable doubt: Evidence that leaves no sensible doubt about the truth.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• amount: Quantity of something
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• admission: Act of allowing someone to enter
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• investigation: Search for information about something
• relevance: State of being related or appropriate to a topic
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• person: Man, woman or child
• convict: Person in prison
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• embarrassment: Shame you feel when you did something wrong
• prosecute: To try to prove someone legally guilty of a crime
• felony: A serious crime, such as murder
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• autopsy: Examination of dead body to find cause of death
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• prosecutor: Lawyer who tries to prove a person's guilt
• defendant: Person accused or sued in a legal case
• vandalism: Act of damaging public property on purpose
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass
• liner: Material used to cover the inside surface of
• indict: To accuse someone of doing something wrong
• recitation: Written text spoken aloud from memory in public