New Vocabulary
  • transferring – moving someone or something from one place to another

  • commuted – officially reduced someone’s prison sentence or punishment
  • indefinitely – for an unknown amount of time with no fixed end
  • confined – restricted to a small space and not allowed to leave
  • put up with – to accept or tolerate a difficult situation
  • get by – to manage to live or survive in a difficult situation
  • due process – the legal requirement that the government must treat people fairly
  • kept in the dark – not told about something important deliberately
  • stand up for – to defend yourself or someone else against unfair treatment
  • the ball is in their court – it is now someone else’s responsibility to take action