Fast Track CAE 3

20/04/2022

Vocabulary:
Arson: illegal use of fire to destroy a building or property
Criminal damage: damage to property
Counterfeit: fake/ imitation
Robbery: take something illegally, example money, a car etc.
Burglary: to enter a building illegally in order to steal things.
Domestic violence: physical/emotional violence to a family member. In most cases this
is towards women or children.
Mugging: attacking someone, usually in the street and taking something from them
illegally.
Fraud: cheating/ deceiving
Genre: a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics.
Example: Crime Fiction, Fantasy etc.
Bountiful: abundant, large in amount
Subjective: influenced by or based on personal beliefs or feelings, then based on facts.
Libel: a piece of writing that contains bad and false things about a person.
Scrutiny: the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information
about it.
Thumped: to hit someone and cause a noise
Dispatching: to kill someone.
Disguised: having an appearance that hides the true form.
Stabbing: an occasion when someone stabs someone, usually with a knife.
Enhance: to improve the quality, amount or strength of something.
Mutter: to speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are
worried or complaining about something.
Folly: the fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea ect.
Vengeful: expressing a strong wish to punish someone who has harmed you or your
family or friends.
Up to scratch: reaching an acceptable standard.
- The manager rejected my proposal because I hadn’t done a thorough
investigation and the information was not up to scratch.
- My classmate failed because his presentation wasn’t up to scratch.
Enthuse: to express excitement about something or great interest it it.

Page 106 exercise 2

a) The key elements of crime fiction
b) Choosing you main characters
c) Choosing your crime
d) Making your criminal convincing
e) Engaging the reader