Vocabulary

• with prejudice: In legal terms, meaning a case is permanently closed.
• against you: In opposition to you.
• without prejudice: Without detriment to a legal claim or right; not affecting a position.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• in terms of
• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• in the crosshairs: Being targeted for criticism or attack.
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• going on: To continue doing something
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• beyond a reasonable doubt: Evidence that leaves no sensible doubt about the truth.
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• sleep over: To stay at someone's house for the night.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• coming after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• initial: First letter of your given name
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• vigilant: Being watchful; careful to monitor events
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• 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
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• person: Man, woman or child
• harassment: Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• paddle: Long stick with a flat end used to move a boat
• briefing: To give information and instructions in a meeting
• scum: Layer of unpleasant stuff forming on top of liquid
• counsel: To listen and give expert advice to someone
• vandalism: Act of damaging public property on purpose
• violently: In a forceful way that may cause physical damage
• courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
• botch: To do something very badly or carelessly
• unsettle: To upset; making someone feel uneasy
• unchanged: Not made or become different
• lawlessness: General disregard for the law