The Investigation

1. The Investigation Vocabulary

2. The Investigation - Vocabulary • assault – (noun) the sudden expectation of a violent attack. • Her husband had arrested him for assault in 2009. • allegation – (noun) a statement about a crime which the police believes and then tries to prove. • Pistorius denied the allegation, and the charge was dropped. • resuscitation – (noun) The act of bringing someone back to consciousness or life. • He reportedly gave her mouth to mouth resusitation. • tourniquet – (noun) anydeviceforstoppingbleedingby compressing a blood vessel such asabandage tightened by twisting. • Someone attempted to tie a tourniquet around her arm to stop the bleeding. • conceding – (verb) to admit something as true or correct. • Detective is conceding the case point by point to a better-prepared defense. • ballistics – (noun) Thescientificstudyof thecharacteristicsofprojectiles, suchasbulletsor missiles, and the way they move in flight. • This whole case is going to turn on ballistics and cell-phone evidence. • contradicted – (verb) to state the opposite viewpoint or opinion. • Oscar’s version of events could also be contradicted by what went out on text messages or on telephone conversations.

3. The Investigation - Vocabulary • assault – (noun) the sudden expectation of a violent attack. • Her husband had arrested him for assault in 2009. • allegation – (noun) a statement about a crime which the police believes and then tries to prove. • Pistorius denied the allegation, and the charge was dropped. • resuscitation – (noun) The act of bringing someone back to consciousness or life. • He reportedly gave her mouth to mouth resusitation. • tourniquet – (noun) any device for stopping bleeding by compressing a blood vessel such as a bandage tightened by twisting. • Someone attempted to tie a tourniquet around her arm to stop the bleeding. • conceding – (verb) to admit something as true or correct. • Detective is conceding the case point by point to a better-prepared defense. • ballistics – (noun) The scientific study of the characteristics of projectiles, such as bullets or missiles, and the way they move in flight. • This whole case is going to turn on ballistics and cell-phone evidence. • contradicted – (verb) to state the opposite viewpoint or opinion. • Oscar’s version of events could also be contradicted by what went out on text messages or on telephone conversations.

4. The Investigation - Vocabulary • assault – • (noun) the sudden expectation of a violent attack. • allegation – • (noun) a statement about a crime which the police believes and then tries to prove. • resuscitation – • (noun)The act of bringing someone back to consciousness or life. • tourniquet – • (noun) any device for stopping bleeding by compressing a blood vessel such as a bandage tightened by twisting. • conceding – • (verb) to admit something as true or correct. • ballistics – • (noun) The scientific study of the characteristics of projectiles, such as bullets or missiles, and the way they move in flight. contradicted – (verb) to state the opposite viewpoint or opinion.