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1
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Affluent

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Having a lot of money and a good standard of living

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Cater for

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To provide the things that a particular person or situation needs or wants

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Charter

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The hiring of a plane, boat etc

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Consumer boom

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A period characterized by Strong consumer demand

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5
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Date back to

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To have existed since a particular time in the past for the length of time mentioned

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Current

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Happening now

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Demography

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The changing number of births, deaths, diseases, etc in a community over a period of time; the scientific study of these changes

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FIT

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fully independent Traveller,

Foreign independent tour

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9
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Inward investement

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Money that is invested in a particular country from outside it

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10
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Level off

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To stop rising or falling and remain horizontal

To stay st a steady level of development or progress after a period of sharp rises or falls

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11
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Outbound

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Travelling from a place rather than arriving in it

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Inbound

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Travelling towards a place rather than leaving it

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13
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Recharge your batteries

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To get back your strength and energy

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14
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Segment

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A part of a circle separated from the rest by a single line

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Surge

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To suddenly increase in value

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16
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Vertical axis

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Going straight up or down

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Horizontal axis

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Going across or parallel to the ground

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Link

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A connection from a word or image on a webpage to another webpage

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Font

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The size and style of text displayed on a computer screen

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Bandwidth

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The amount of data that can be transmitted at one time

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21
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Crash

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Stop working completely

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22
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Cursor

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A moving mark or arrow to navigate around a computer screen

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Layout

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The way text and images are set out on a page

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Menu

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A list of choices which appears on a computer screen

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Home page

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The first page of a website

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Scroll

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Move information up or down on a screen

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27
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Load

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Transfer a program or webpage from s remote server to s computer

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Format

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To prepare a computer or disk so that data can be recorded on it

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Host

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The main computer in a network that controls or supplies information to other computers that are connected to it

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30
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Hype

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To advertise something a lot and exaggerate its good qualities, in order to get a lot of public attention for it

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Innovative

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Introducing or using new ideas, ways of doing something etc

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32
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Post

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A message sent to a discussion group on the Internet

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33
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Publicity

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Free content about a person or a company that appears in the media

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Ranking

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The position of somebody/something on a scale that shows how good or important they are

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Scroll

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To move text on a computer screen up or down so that you can read different parts of it

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Social network

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A social networking site or app through which users can communicate with each other by adding information, messages, images, etc

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Update

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To make something more modern by adding new parts

38
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Brand awareness

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The name of hotel is easily recognized

39
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Brand image

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Guests know exactly what to expect

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Brand loyalty

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Guests will keep coming back

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Balance sheet

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A written statement showing the amount of money and property that a company has and listing what has been received and paid out

42
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Clientele

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All the customers or clients

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Comply with

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To obey a rule, an order etc

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Earmark

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To decide that something will be used for a particular purpose or to state that something will happen to somebody in the future

45
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Fixtures

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In a hotel

Things such as bath/bathtub or a toilet that you do not have to take with you

46
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Franchise

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Formal permission given by a company to somebody who wants to sell its goods or services in s particular area

47
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Occupancy

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The act of living in or using a building, room, piece of land

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Overhead

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Above your head, in the sky

49
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Overlook

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If a building overlooks a place, you can see that place from The building

50
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Permit

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An official document that gives somebody the right to do something, especially for a limited period of time

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Refurbishment

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The act or process of cleaning and decorating a room, building etc in order to make it more attractive, more useful etc

52
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Renovate

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To repair and paint and old building, piece of furniture etc so that it is in good condition again

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Start-up

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A company that is just beginning to operate

54
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Biodiversity

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The existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment

55
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Disembark

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To leave a vehicle, especially s ship or an aircraft, at the end of a journey

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Disposal

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The sale of part of a business, property etc

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Ecosystem

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All the plants and living creatures in a particular area considered in relation to their physical environment

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Endangered species

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At risk of no longer existing

59
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Garbage

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Waste food, paper that you throw away

60
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Indigenous

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Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else

61
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Influx

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The fact of a lot of people, money or things arriving somewhere

62
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Leakage

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An amount of liquid or gas escaping through a home in something

63
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Recycling

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The process of treating things that have already been used so that they can be used again

64
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Siphon

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To move a liquid from one container to another

65
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Stakeholder

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A person or company that is involved in a particular organization, project, system etc especially because they have invested money in it

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Aircraft Stands

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Places where aircrafts are waiting for passengers

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Benchmark

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Something that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with

68
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Bump up

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To increase or raise something

69
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Carrier

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A company that carries goods or passengers from one place to another, especially by air

70
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Cart

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A small vehicle with wheels that can be pushed or pulled along and used for carrying things like baggage

71
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conveyor

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A person that carries something

72
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Ground handling crew

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Obsługa naziemna

73
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Hold

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The part of a ship or plane where the goods being carried are stored

74
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Hub

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The central and most important part of a particular place or activity

75
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Landing charges

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A fee paid by an aircraft to an airport company for landing at a particular airport

76
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Landside

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Uzytkowa czesc lotniska

77
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Pay-as-you-go

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Connected with a system of paying for a service just before you use it rather than paying for it later

78
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Pax

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A person

Per pax

79
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Screening

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examining large number of people or things eg luggage

80
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Slot

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A time or an opportunity for somebody/something

81
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Turnaround times

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The amount of time it takes to unload a ship or plane at the end of one journey and load it again for the next one

82
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Break even

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A time when a company or piece of business earns just enough money to pay for its costs

83
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Niche

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An opportunity to sell a particular product to a particular group of people

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