Lesson 70 Flashcards

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Quadrupled

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Increased by four times

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Twofold

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The suffix -fold means ‘multiplied by that number’

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By a factor of

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Multiplied by three

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Drastic

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Severe and sudden

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Revised upwards

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Changed to a higher number

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Deviated from the norm

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Moved away from the standard or accepted pattern

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Fluctuate

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Keep going up and down

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Erratic

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Not regular and often changing suddenly

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Seesawed

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Gone up and down at regular intervals

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Aggregate

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Total.

To add up all the different amounts

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Blip

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Temporary change

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Correlation between

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Connection between facts or things which cause or affect each other

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GDP

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Gross Domestic Product: the total amount that a country produces

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Expenditure

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The amount of money spent on something

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Discrepancy between

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Difference between two things that should be the same

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Ratio

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The relationship between two amounts, which expresses how much bigger one is than the other

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Flawed

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Inaccurate

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Multiple

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Very many of the same type, or of different types

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Inconsistent with

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Not in agreement with

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Ballpark figure

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Guess believed to be accurate

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Tot everything up

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Add everything up

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Run into six figures

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Get a figure over 100000

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Variables

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Different factors that may change

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Projected figures

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Planned figures

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Erred on the side of caution

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Been cautious

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Rounded things down

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Make, say, 2.5 into 2 rather than 3

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Conservative

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Cautious