Business 2022 Flashcards

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Precarious

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Bold

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Dispersed

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Knock-on effect

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Cascade

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Buck the trend

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Budding trend
Regressive

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Inflation pressure are still building

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Creeping up

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Overarching

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With caution

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Hapless

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Midler-than-expected recovery

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Encouraging growth

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Countering

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Pullback

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Provide a pillar of support

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Targeted approach

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Tantamount

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Akin

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Mantra

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Reeling

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Payoff

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Moderate from % to %

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Instantaneously

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Overnight

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The flip side

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Pile up

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Delicate

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18
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Grapple

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Outpace

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19
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Fall short / a drag

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Approach 10%

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Feeds into the entire value chain

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Plenty of

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21
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Unwavering

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Very insightful

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22
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Weather the crisis

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Turbulent journey

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Fetch

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Marginal

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Metric

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Faring better

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Integrated

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In the red

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Overall improvement

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Upbeat

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27
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Price-induced growth

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Robust growth

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Full-blown effects

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Heightened market uncertainty

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30
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Growth engines

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Pillar

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Brittle

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Withstand

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33
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Tangible benefits

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Defensive portfolio

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35
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Secular growth occurs when something fundamentally changes within a sector or industry, creating a wave of new demand.

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Secular growth rates can be materially higher than cyclical growth rates, as secular growth depends on changes in customer behavior rather than changes to GDP.

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36
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Infer from other indicator

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Hinge on

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37
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Stiff competition

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38
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Kibosh

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Hash out

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Top of mind

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40
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Aggregate underlying demand

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41
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opened the doors to a pari passu effect — ie. can be done back to you.

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Pari passu refers to the concept of being “on equal footing”.

42
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Modest improvement

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43
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Shortcomings

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44
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Amplify

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More forthcoming

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Run out

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Of luck

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Calming

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Price increase / inflation

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Seamless

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48
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High costs

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Cut into profits

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Feeling the brunt of

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Rising costs

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Benign

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51
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Bottleneck supply

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Tight

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Pre-emptive

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53
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Constantly evolve

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54
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Mislead

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By and large

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56
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All-out measure

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57
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Slowdown

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Has slumped

58
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get out before the fire rages

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Aggravated

59
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Good quality always rides through good and tough times.

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60
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Confucian ethos

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61
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Bounce back

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Understate

62
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With greater intensity

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63
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Jitter

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64
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Counterproductive

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65
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hell-bent

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on its decision.”

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Spiral into chaos

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Dominate the headline

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Concede

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68
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Bright spot

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69
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Exerted further pressure

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70
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Realised the gravity of the situation

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71
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Step up

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72
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Instructive

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73
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MCS is getting weaker

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Concerned

74
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Providing cushion from any downside risk

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From rising macroeconomic challenges

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Hurt

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76
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Bleak

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Prospect / outlook

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Turmoil

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78
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Runaway inflation

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79
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Underdog

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Perilla leaf

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Ubiquitous

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81
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Fickle

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82
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Cushion

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Deepening

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Coordinated

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Lack

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Prime location

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85
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Chicken and egg conundrum

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86
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Lack

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87
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Stalemate

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88
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Prominent

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89
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Profound impact

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90
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Reciprocal

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91
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Suffer from

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92
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Extend downtrend

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93
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I’m a very outdoorsy person.
I love being outside.

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I’m not very good at sitting inside.
I have itchy feet.

94
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On two-year stacked basis

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One-way street

95
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Memories make us who we are.

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Dreams make us who we will become.

96
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Spur

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Motivate

97
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Backfire

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Backlash

98
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Have little regard for royalty

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99
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To set things right

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