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11. Nothing was reported stolen, but the police have Kenny and Brian's fingerprints on a window that was jammed open.

*be reported stolen

*jam: push with force

12. Kenny said he was at a friend's.

*at a friend's 在朋友家

13. He lives above the garage, but obviously wasn't home at the time.

*above: prep. at or to a higher place or position than something/somebody

*at the time 当时 

14. And because the guard was killed in the commission in an alleged burglary, it's felony murder.

*commission: [uncountable](formal)the act of doing something wrong or illegal

 - the commission of a crime

*burglary: the crime of entering a building illegally and stealing things from it 入室抢劫

* felony: the act of committing a serious crime such as murder orrape; a crime of this type

15. The police theorize that the boys encountered a security guard as they were leaving, struggled with him, and then shoved him down the stairs, where he hit his head on concrete.

*[intransitive,transitive] theorize (about/on something) | theorize something|theorize that…: to suggest facts and ideas to explain something

*encounter somebody/something(formal): to meet somebody, or discover or experience something, especially somebody/something new, unusual or unexpected

 synonym: come across

*as+进行时

*shove: [intransitive,transitive]to push somebody/something in a rough way

 shove somebody down the stairs

16. The judge will decide if you can be released pending trial.

*pending:(formal)while waiting for something to happen; until something happens

17. Payment won't be an issue.

＊something won't be an issue 不成问题

18. When the connections are personal, it can get tricky.

*personal connections

*get + adj.

*tricky: (rather informal) difficult to do or deal with

 - a tricky situation

 - Getting it to fit exactly is a tricky business.

 - The equipment can be tricky to install.

19. I think you are in over your head.

*in over one's head: involved in something that is too difficult for somebody to deal with

 - After a week in the new job, I soon realized that I was in over my head.

20. Terry's been a defense attorney for more than 20 years.

*defense attorney 辩护律师