Lesson 44

Question 1

Taken root

Answer 1

Started to be accepted

Question 2

Allocating

Answer 2

Giving to be used for a particular purpose

Question 3

Development grants

Answer 3

Money to help development

Question 4

Pursuing

Answer 4

Following

Question 5

Eradicate

Answer 5

Completely get rid of something bad

Question 6

Burden

Answer 6

A heavy load that you carry

Question 7

Alleviate

Answer 7

To make something bad such as pain or problems less severe

Question 8

Incur

Answer 8

To experience something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken

Question 9

Relief

Answer 9

A feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not hapoened or has ended

Question 10

Ease

Answer 10

To make or become less severe, difficult, unpleasant, painful, etc

Question 11

Restrictive practices

Answer 11

The placing of unfair restrictions, e.g. Limiting imports

Question 12

Embargoes

Answer 12

Total prohibitions on importing/exporting certain goods

Question 13

War-torn

Answer 13

Severely damaged by a long war, especially between different groups from the same country

Question 14

Ailing

Answer 14

Experiencing difficulty and problems

Question 15

Devaluation/revaluation

Answer 15

Reduction/increase in value against other currencies

Question 16

Recession

Answer 16

A period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business are bad

Question 17

Emerge

Answer 17

To appear by coming out of something or out from behind something

Question 18

Double-dip

Answer 18

Recession which ends and then begins again after a short time

Question 19

Slump in prices

Answer 19

Serious fall/collapse in prices

Question 20

Boost the economy

Answer 20

Give the economy a lift

Question 21

Sustainable development

Answer 21

Development which can continue over a long time