Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• track down: To find out where someone is; hunt; chase
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• page in: Contact someone by pager urgently.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
• account of: A spoken or written description of an event.
• on the loose: Having escaped from captivity; free to move around without restraint.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• give away
• have to: Must do
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• motivated: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• account: An advantage
• anonymous: Unknown; with no name revealed
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• communist: Believer in communism
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• plausible: Being reasonable and possibly true
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• own: To have something as your property
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• headquarters: Main offices; administrative buildings or centers
• fuss: Act of being excited in a complaining manner
• rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• entitle: To make you eligible to hold a title
• trustworthy: Honest and reliable
• happen: To take place or occur
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• totalitarian: Of government having total control over its people
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• loot: To steal things after riots or disasters
• blindly: Without seeing or looking; without thought or care
• snoop: To spy on someone or something in a devious manner
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• typewriter: Machine you tap keys on to print letters on paper
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation
• online: Connected to the internet
• watt: Standard unit used to measure electrical power