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ENGLISH DAY 52

  •  English    100     Public
    VOCAB
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  • There's been a SLUMP IN the demand for new cars/ An economic SLUMP. The airline industry is currently IN a SLUMP
    A fall in the price, value, sales, etc. of ST/ A period when an industry or the economy is in a bad state and there is a lot of unemployment
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  • SLUMP is sweetened fruit topped with dollops of dough and cooked on the stovetop. A recipe for a peach SLUMP
    A dish consisting of cooked fruit with a thick bread-like mixture on top, cooked in a flat saucepan on top of the cooker
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  • The prime minister met many CIVIC leaders, including the mayor and the leaders of the immigrant communities. She felt it was her CIVIC duty (= her duty as a person living in the town) to tell the police.
    of a town or city or the people who live in it
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  • There isn't a CIVIC CENTER; there's nowhere for people to congregate or get married or have church events.
    a large building or group of buildings used for entertainment, social, and business events
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  • I seem to see her LESS AND LESS
    Gradually less or smaller
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  • (LDC) (ECONOMICS) Governments in LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES realize that telecommunications access is one of the fastest engines of economic growth.
    a country that does not have a lot of industrial activity and where people have low incomes
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  • Fever accompanied by DELIRIUM/ I've never seen such DELIRIUM at a football game before.
    A state of being unable to think or speak clearly because of fever or mental confusion/ A state of extreme excitement or happiness
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  • The newspaper COMMISSIONED a series of articles on the worst excesses of the fashion industry/ Grandfather was COMMISSIONED AS Group Captain in the RAF just before the war. (MILITARY)
    Formally choose SB t do a special piece f work,o formally ask fo a special piece f work frm SB/Give SB the official authority t b an officer in the armed forces
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  • A COMMISSION ON alcohol abuse/racial tension/ COMMISSION (MILITARY)(The official authority to be an officer in the armed forces)
    A group f ppl who hv been formally chosen t discover info bout a problem o examine the reasons why the problem exists
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  • Is she paid a regular wage or is it ON/BY COMMISSION only?She gets a 15 percent COMMISSION ON every machine she sells/She's just got a COMMISSION TO paint Sir Ellis Pike's wife/(FML)The commission of the crime(The act of committing a crime)
    A payment t SB who sells goods tht is directly related t the amount sold, o a system tht uses such payments/ A request t do a special piece f work
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  • The job is open to applicants with over two years' experience IN RETAIL=> (ADV) It's much cheaper to buy wholesale than RETAIL. The restaurant had very good ice cream - it was even sold RETAIL for a while.
    The activity of selling goods to the public, usu in shops=> Sold in shops, on the internet, etc.
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  • The company makes and RETAILS moderately priced sportswear=> This laptop RETAILS AT/FOR £850.
    Sell goods to the public in shops, on the internet, etc=> Be sold at a particular price
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  • Many of the shoes have a RETAIL PRICE of more than $100. Wages rose 2.1%, while RETAIL PRICES rose 3.6% >< Restaurants may charge as much as four times the WHOLESLAE price for wine.
    the price that customers pay for goods in stores (COMMERCE) >< The price that a store or business pays for goods that it will then sell to the public
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  • WHOLESALE prices, A WHOLESALE supplier/business We only sell WHOLESALE, not to the public/ WHOLESALE changes WHOLESALE destruction ( (ST bad o too extreme) complete o affectin a lot f things, ppl, places, etc)
    F o fo the sellin f goods in large amounts at low prices t shops & businesses, rather than the sellin f goods in shops t customers
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  • I bought my coat direct from the factory AT WHOLESALE/ WHOLESALE (The activity of selling goods, usually in large amounts, to businesses which then sell them to the public)
    The price at which goods r sold t shops by the ppl who produce them, rather than the price which the customer usu pays in the shop
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  • They claim that the new drug NORMALIZES blood pressure/ Research psychologists NORMALIZE the results of their studies by comparing their subjects' behaviour with that of the general public.
    Return t the normal o usual situation/ If u normalize info, u compare a small set of info w a set that represents normal values (SCIENCE)
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