Violent weekend in Chicago leaves at least 20 shot, 1 fatally
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station
US / 'steɪʃn /
•UK / ˈsteʃən /
- noun
- Building, area, place used for a specific reason
- A person's place in society
- Place where you can catch a train or a bus
- Company that broadcasts radio or TV programs
- verb
- (Army) to be posted to a place to perform duties
- To put a person in a certain place or position
chicago
US / ʃɪ'kɑ:gəʊ, -'kɔ:- /
•UK / ʃɪ'kɑ:ɡoʊˌ -'kɔ:- /
- proper noun
- A city in northeastern Illinois, on Lake Michigan; population 2,853,114 (est. 2008). Chicago develop
scene
US / si:n /
•UK / sin /
- noun
- Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- View that looks like a picture
- Place where something particular happened
- Part of an act in a play
unfold
US / ʌn'fəʊld /
•UK / ʌnˈfold /
- other
- To happen, be told or be revealed
- verb
- (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
- To open something that was folded
- To move apart two things such as your two arms
young
US / jʌŋ /
•UK / jʌŋ /
- adjecitve
- At an early stage of existence; not mature
- Being recently created or started
- noun
- Babies in a group or family of animals
next
US / nekst /
•UK / nɛkst /
- adverb
- The one that follows another in time or order
- At a time or place directly after the present one
- noun
- The one that follows after
- adjecitve
- Immediately after the previous one
- First occurrence after the present one
quickly
US / ˈkwɪkli /
•UK / ˈkwɪklɪ /
- adverb
- Without taking a lot of time; fast
boy
US / bɔɪ /
•UK / bɔɪ /
- noun
- A young male person
car
US / kɑ:(r) /
•UK / kɑr /
- noun
- A vehicle with wheels and engine to carry people
before
US / bɪˈfɔ:(r) /
•UK / bɪˈfɔr,-ˈfor /
- adverb
- At a time earlier than the present; previously
- conjunction
- In advance of something happening
- preposition
- In front of someone or something
investigation
US / ɪnˌvestɪ'ɡeɪʃn /
•UK / ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeʃən /
- noun
- Search for information about something
have
US / həv /
•UK / hæv /
- verb
- To drink, smoke, eat or use something
- To experience the effects of something
- To organize an event, or join in an activity
- To own, possess, or hold something
- To cause to happen or produce a particular effect
part
US / pɑ:t /
•UK / pɑ:rt /
- adjecitve
- To some degree; half; not fully
- noun
- Division of a book
- Ratio of something, e.g. 3 of gin, 1 of tonic
- A line in a person's hair, made with a comb
- Character an actor plays on stage, movie, or TV
- Some, but not all of a specific thing
- Role in causing something to happen
- verb
- To make a line in a person's hair, by using a comb
- To move two things apart creating a space
- To leave someone, or to break off a relationship
trunk
US / trʌŋk /
•UK / trʌŋk /
- noun
- Long nose of an elephant
- Trunks shorts worn for swimming
- Strong box/chest/container, as for traveling
- Main thick and woody stem of a tree
one
US / wʌn /
•UK / wʌn /
- pronoun
- You; we; people in general; someone
- The thing or person previously referred to
- adjecitve
- Used to refer to people generally
- Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
- number
- Number 1
alone
US / ə'ləʊn /
•UK / əˈlon /
- adjecitve
- Apart from others
- Without equal
- adverb
- Without anyone or anything else
person
US / 'pɜ:sn /
•UK / 'pɜ:rsn /
- noun
- Man, woman or child
the
US / ðə /
•UK / ðə /
- article
- Used to refer to something already mentioned
- Used to show there is only one of something
- determiner
- Used to describe all of a family
body
US / ˈbɒd.i /
•UK / ˈbɑdi /
- noun
- An object distinct from other objects
- A group of people involved in an activity together
- Main part of something
- A person's physical self
make
US / meɪk /
•UK / mek /
- noun
- Product made by a particular company; brand
- verb
- To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- To get to (a place) on time
- To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
- To create something by putting things together
- To earn a certain amount of money at a job
- To cause or force a person to do something
- To cause something to happen or be formed
outside
US / ˌaʊtˈsaɪd /
•UK / aʊtˈsaɪd, ˈaʊtˌsaɪd /
- adverb
- Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
- noun
- Area around or near something, such as a building
- preposition
- Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
multiple
US / ˈmʌltɪpl /
•UK / ˈmʌltəpəl /
- adjecitve
- Having or involving more than one of something
- noun
- Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
- Shop with many branches
outline
US / ˈaʊtlaɪn /
•UK / ˈaʊtˌlaɪn /
- noun
- Line around the outer edge of something
- A summary of the important points of a plan, etc.
- verb
- To draw around the outer edges of something
- To summarize the important points of a plan, etc.
map
US / mæp /
•UK / mæp /
- noun
- Diagram showing the geography of an area
- verb
- To draw a diagram to show the geography of an area
- To find points of similarity between things
man
US / mæn /
•UK / mæn /
- noun
- Humans in general, including male and female
- An adult male human being
- Male who acts in a masculine way; not like a woman
- verb
- To control or operate (a machine); be in charge of
- To operate a machine (a boat, etc.)
suspect
US / sə'spekt /
•UK / səˈspɛkt /
- adjecitve
- (Of a thing) causing doubt; suspicious
- noun
- Person thought to have committed a crime
- verb
- To consider someone is the one guilty of a crime
- To doubt or lack trust
this
US / ðɪs /
•UK / ðɪs /
- adjecitve
- Used to indicate something already been discussed
- Used to indicate something happening around now
- adverb
- An indication by a physical motion or gesture
- A specific amount of
- determiner
- Person, thing, or idea near you
- pronoun
- Person, thing that has already been discussed
weekend
US / ˌwi:kˈend /
•UK / ˈwi:kend /
- noun
- Saturday and Sunday, after the normal working week
critical
US / ˈkrɪtɪkl /
•UK / ˈkrɪtɪkəl /
- adjecitve
- Making a negative judgment of something
- Being important or serious; vital; dangerous
- Most important part
five
US / faɪv /
•UK / faɪv /
- number
- 5
year
US / jə: /
•UK / jɪr /
- noun
- Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- Used to refer to the age of a person
early
US / ˈɜ:li /
•UK / ˈɜ:rli /
- adjecitve
- Happening or appearing before
- adverb
- Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
- Happening sooner than expected
most
US / məʊst /
•UK / most /
- adverb
- Very; extremely
- Greatest possible degree
- pronoun
- Nearly all of something
fifteen
US / ˌfɪfˈti:n /
•UK / fɪfˈtin /
- number
- 15
ten
US / ten /
•UK / tɛn /
- number
- 10
two
US / tu: /
•UK / tu /
- number
- 2
forty
US / 'fɔ:tɪ /
•UK / ˈfɔrti /
- number
- 40
from
US / frəm /
•UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /
- preposition
- Starting at a particular place, time or level
over
US / 'əʊvə(r) /
•UK / ˈovɚ /
- adverb
- Finished; no longer happening
- Towards the ground/away from a standing position
- noun
- A set of six consecutive balls bowled in cricket
- other
- Finished
- preposition
- Showing the relation when a thing is above another
- On or covering something
- Above or across something
- More than you need
- From one side to the other
- In the direction of; toward
leave
US / li:v /
•UK / liv /
- noun
- Permission to do something
- Vacation time; time off work
- verb
- To go away from; depart
- To gift property to someone after you die
- To allow something to continue happening
- To let something remain unused or available
- To let something or someone remain somewhere
where
US / hwɛə /
•UK / hwɛr, wɛr /
- conjunction
- At or in the place which
- In whatever place
- pronoun
- Word you use to ask the location of something
another
US / əˈnʌðə(r) /
•UK / əˈnʌðɚ /
- adjecitve
- One more, but not this
- determiner
- One more added
- pronoun
- One more (thing)
and
US / ənd /
•UK / ənd, ən,ænd /
- conjunction
- Used to refer to two or more things
- Plus; in addition; on top of that
- Used to introduce an action that follows another
dozen
US / ˈdʌzn /
•UK / ˈdʌzən /
- noun
- 12 people or things
andrew
US / ˈænˌdəʊvə, -də- /
•UK / ˈænˌdovɚ, -də- /
nearly
US / ˈniəli /
•UK / ˈnɪrli /
- adverb
- Not completely; almost
saturday
US / /
•UK / /
- noun
- Sixth day of the week; the day after Friday
wound
US / waʊnd /
•UK / waʊnd /
- noun
- Sadness or displeasure caused by a bad memory
- Physical injury, especially that suffered in war
- verb
- To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
- To hurt someone emotionally
- To injure someone in a fight with a knife gun etc.
gun
US / ɡʌn /
•UK / ɡʌn /
- noun
- Weapon which fires bullets down a tube
- verb
- To suddenly make an engine run faster
neck
US / nek /
•UK / nɛk /
- noun
- Part of the body joining the head and the body
- Opening of a piece of clothing for your head
- verb
- (Lovers) to play affectionately; kissing
chaotic
US / keɪ'ɒtɪk /
•UK / keɪˈɒtɪk /
- adjecitve
- Utterly confused
platform
US / 'plætfɔ:m /
•UK / ˈplætˌfɔrm /
- noun
- Flat, raised structure that people stand on
- Area from which you board a train at a station
brutal
US / 'bru:tl /
•UK / ˈbrutl /
- adjecitve
- Extremely violent or mean
south
US / saʊθ /
•UK / saʊθ /
- adjecitve
- Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
- Coming from the opposite direction from north
- noun
- The direction to your right of the rising sun
chest
US / tʃest /
•UK / tʃɛst /
- noun
- Strong, lidded container for storing things
- Front of the body between neck and stomach
case
US / keɪs /
•UK / kes /
- noun
- Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- Set of facts about a crime
- Set of facts about an event
- Example or instance of something
- verb
- To find out about a place, as in planning to steal
find
US / faɪnd /
•UK / faɪnd /
- noun
- Object discovered by chance
- Things that have been discovered from searching
- verb
- To become aware of something that is happening
- To discover or meet by chance
- To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
- To learn through study, research, or effort
- To discover something by looking for it
people
US / 'pi:pl /
•UK / ˈpipəl /
- noun
- Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- Men, Women, Children
that
US / ðæt /
•UK / ðæt, ðət /
- adjecitve
- The person or thing being talked about
- Used to identify something both the speakers know
- adverb
- Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
- To such a degree
- conjunction
- Used to connect a noun clause
- Used to introduce an adverbial clause
- Used to introduce a noun clause
- determiner
- Used as a noun to refer to something
- pronoun
- Referring an object far away
- Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’
what
US / wɒt /
•UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /
- pronoun
- Thing or things that; the same kind as
- Used to emphasize something you are about to say
- adjecitve
- Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
- Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
- adverb
- To a certain degree
- determiner
- Question words used for asking for information
- exclamation
- Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
- Used to ask people to repeat something they said
cbs
US / ˌsiː biː ˈes /
•UK / ˌsiː biː ˈes /
- abbreviation
- Columbia Broadcasting System.
county
US / ˈkaʊnti /
•UK / ˈkaʊnti /
- noun
- Administrative region within a country or a state
friday
US / ˈfraɪdeɪ /
•UK / ˈfraɪdeɪ /
- noun
- Fifth day of the week; the day after Thursday
include
US / ɪnˈklu:d /
•UK / ɪnˈklud /
- verb
- To make someone, something part of a group
evening
US / ˈi:vnɪŋ /
•UK / ˈivnɪŋ /
- noun
- Last part of the day and early part of night
- A social event in the early part of the night
- verb
- To make something level; to flatten
- To make something equal
separate
US / 'sepəreɪt /
•UK / 'sepəreɪt /
- adjecitve
- Being different from or unrelated to another
- verb
- To divide two things by being in between them
- To live away from your husband or wife
- To move things away from each other
ramos
US / 'ræmɪfaɪ /
•UK / ˈræməˌfaɪ /
someone
US / ˈsʌmwʌn /
•UK / ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən /
- pronoun
- Person who is not known or named
side
US / saɪd /
•UK / saɪd /
- adjecitve
- In addition to the central or most important thing
- Next to, or very close to, the right or left of
- noun
- Position or opinion that is opposite to another
- Right or left part of a person's body
- Feature of someone's personality
- Straight edge of an object
- One of two or more groups fighting each other
- verb
- To decide to agree with one point, not the other
burn
US / bɜ:n /
•UK / bɚn /
- noun
- Damage from fire or heat
- verb
- To destroy with fire
- To feel pain and heat
- To use as fuel for a fire to make light or heat
- To overcook food with too much heat it goes black
four
US / fɔ:(r) /
•UK / fɔr, for /
- number
- 4
sunday
US / ˈsʌndeɪ /
•UK / ˈsʌndi, -ˌde /
- noun
- Seventh day of the week, the day after Saturday
violence
US / ˈvaɪələns /
•UK / ˈvaɪələns /
- noun
- Strong physical force of nature
- Use of physical force to harm someone
violent
US / ˈvaɪələnt /
•UK / ˈvaɪələnt /
- adjecitve
- Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
continue
US / kən'tɪnju: /
•UK / kənˈtɪnju /
- verb
- To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- To start doing again after a break, pause, or stop
medical
US / ˈmedɪkl /
•UK / ˈmɛdɪkəl /
- adjecitve
- Of or relating to physical health or medicine
- noun
- A health check or test
after
US / 'ɑ:ftə(r) /
•UK / ˈæftɚ /
- adverb
- Later than another time, or behind something
- conjunction
- Following something before
- preposition
- When an event happened or time has passed
cook
US / kʊk /
•UK / kʊk /
- noun
- A person who prepares food
- Person's name
- verb
- To heat food until it is ready to eat
swarm
US / swɔ:m /
•UK / swɔrm /
- noun
- Large group of flying insects moving together
- (Of people) large group of people acting as one
- verb
- (Of bees) to form a group and leave the bee hive
- (Of people) to form a crowd and move together
streak
US / stri:k /
•UK / strik /
- noun
- An continuous amount of something, e.g. luck
- Act of running naked in public as an act of daring
- Long thinnish lines of different colors, as in sky
- verb
- To run naked in public as an act of daring
- To add stripes of lines of color to, e.g. hair
police
US / pəˈli:s /
•UK / pəˈlis /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the police and its business
- noun
- People, often in uniforms, who solve crimes
- verb
- To control an area, or group with a police force
show
US / ʃəʊ /
•UK / ʃo /
- noun
- False display of love, emotion or action
- An event for displaying or promoting goods
- Play, opera or theater production
- Presentation that is broadcast on TV or radio
- verb
- To be easily seen or displayed
- To display your emotions or feelings
- To let someone see something; display
- To explain or teach how something is done
- To lead someone somewhere; point them to something
- To prove something to be true, correct
- To reveal or allow something to be seen
examiner
US / ɪgˈzæmɪnə(r) /
•UK / ɪɡˈzæmɪnər /
- noun
- Someone who gives a test
officer
US / ˈɒfɪsə(r) /
•UK / ˈɔ:fɪsə(r) /
- noun
- Person of high position in an organization
- Person of high position in the military
passenger
US / 'pæsɪndʒə(r) /
•UK / ˈpæsəndʒɚ /
- noun
- Person who is traveling in a vehicle
who
US / hu: /
•UK / hu /
- pronoun
- Which person
- Used to introduce information about people
avenue
US / 'ævənju: /
•UK / ˈævəˌnu, -ˌnju /
- noun
- Wide street
- Way to approach something or some issue
- other
red
US / red /
•UK / rɛd /
- adjecitve
- Being the color of blood
aged
US / eɪdʒd /
•UK / ˈedʒɪd /
- adjecitve
- Very old; got older
- noun
- Older people in general
- verb
- To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
- To get older
thirteen
US / ˌθɜ:'ti:n /
•UK / θə:ˈtin /
- number
- 13
old
US / əʊld /
•UK / old /
- adjecitve
- Having existed for a long time, not young or new
- Age of a person since birth
headquarter
US / 'hed'kwɔ:tə /
•UK / 'hed'kwɔ:tə /
- noun
- Main office of a company or organisation
just
US / dʒʌst /
•UK / dʒʌst /
- adjecitve
- Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
- Doing or being what is right or fair
- Legally correct; having enough evidence
- adverb
- Almost; nearly
- Exactly at the time of
- Exactly (the same as, like)
line
US / laɪn /
•UK / laɪn /
- noun
- Border that divides two places or regions
- Long crease in the skin, often from age
- Mark that is long, straight and very thin
- Row of words, letters or numbers that are written
- Telephone connection
- People waiting one behind the other; queue
- Long thin wire, e.g. for electrical signal
- verb
- To put material along the inside of something
report
US / rɪ'pɔ:t /
•UK / rɪˈpɔrt, ˈport /
- noun
- Account of the necessary facts and information
- The telling of news in the media
- Official statement about something
- verb
- To submit a report or bill to the government
- To write in a newspaper or speak on a news program
- To state something officially
- To officially present yourself to an authority
- To describe something by telling it to others
begin
US / bɪ'ɡɪn /
•UK / ˈbeɡɪn /
- verb
- To do the first part of an action; to start
eight
US / eɪt /
•UK / et /
- number
- 8
hour
US / 'aʊə(r) /
•UK / aʊr /
- noun
- 60 minutes
- Particular time of the day
- Fixed, regularly occurring time
injure
US / ˈɪndʒə(r) /
•UK / ˈɪndʒɚ /
- verb
- To do (usually physical) harm or damage to
those
US / ðəʊz /
•UK / ðoz /
- determiner
- The people or things we are talking about
- pronoun
- The objects far from the speaker
victim
US / ˈvɪktɪm /
•UK / ˈvɪktɪm /
- noun
- Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
- Person/animal killed and offered as a sacrifice
- Person feeling helpless in times of bad luck
- Person who is tricked or made to suffer
determine
US / dɪ'tɜ:mɪn /
•UK / dɪˈtɚmɪn /
- verb
- To control exactly how something will be or act
- To establish the facts about; discover
time
US / taɪm /
•UK / taɪm /
- noun
- Speed at which music is played; tempo
- Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
- Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
- Occasion when something happens
- Period or occasion that something occurred
- Period in history or the past
- Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
- How long an event takes; duration
- verb
- To check speed at which music is performed
- To choose a specific moment to do something
- To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
- To schedule something to occur at a specific moment
news
US / nju:z /
•UK / nu:z /
- noun
- Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
- Information about recent events
shoot
US / ʃu:t /
•UK / ʃut /
- noun
- Emerging new part of a plant
- verb
- To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
- To (cause to) fly away forcefully
- To use a camera to record a film/take a photograph
arrest
US / əˈrest /
•UK / əˈrɛst /
- noun
- Act of catching people who committed crimes
- verb
- To attract someone's attention and hold interest
- (Police) to catch and keep criminals
- To stop or slow something that is happening
die
US / daɪ /
•UK / daɪ /
- noun
- Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- verb
- To cease to function or work
- (Of a thing) to stop being used or done
- (Of a person) to stop living
since
US / sɪns /
•UK / sɪns /
- adverb
- At a point before the present time
- conjunction
- For this reason; because
- preposition
- From the time in the past that
well
US / wel /
•UK / wɛl /
- adjecitve
- Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
- Healthy and in good condition
- adverb
- In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
- In a complete, total, or full manner
- A great and considerable degree
- In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
- exclamation
- Used to begin or continue a particular statement
- Used to show you want to start saying something
- Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
- You say this to change the topic of a conversation
- Used to indicate you are making a final remark
- noun
- Long deep hole in the ground to get water
- verb
- To cause your eyes to fill with tears
under
US / ˈʌndə(r) /
•UK / ˈʌndɚ /
- adjecitve
- In the same place as another thing, but lower
- adverb
- In a lower quantity or price than expected
- preposition
- According to the terms of an agreement or law
- Managed or controlled by the authority of
- Being of a lesser quality or amount than expected
- Influenced or affected by something or someone
- Less or lower in age, amount, size or number