Vocabulary

• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• at least: As a minimum
• have to: Must do
• at issue: Being the subject currently under discussion or dispute.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• carry out
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• urge: A strong desire for something
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• investigation: Search for information about something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• act: To behave in a certain way
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• porch: Roofed structure over the entrance of a building
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• person: Man, woman or child
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• convict: Person in prison
• heinous: Hatefully bad; evil
• elementary: Basic, simple, or essential
• rail: To complain or object forcefully
• prosecutor: Lawyer who tries to prove a person's guilt
• negligence: Failure to give someone or something enough care
• online: Connected to the internet
• manslaughter: Killing of a human being without intention
• shotgun: Double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon