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Flashcards
- UP – Verbs
rise, increase, grow, go up, improve, jump, shoot up ,
surge = akuter Anstieg
soar = emporschnellen
rocket = starker Anstieg
- UP – Nouns
a rise, an increase, growth, an upward/rising/increasing trend, an improvement, a jump, a surge
- DOWN – Verbs
fall, decrease, drop, decline, go down,
slump = Einbruch / plötzlicher Rückgang
plummet = stürzen / einsturz
- DOWN – Nouns
a fall, a decrease, a decline, a downward/falling/decreasing trend, a slump
- NO CHANGE – Verbs remain stable/constant, stay at the same level, stabilize
remain stable/constant, stay at the same level, stabilize
- FREQUENT CHANGE – Verb
fluctuate
- FREQUENT CHANGE – Noun –
fluctuation
- AT THE TOP – Verbs
reach a peak, peak., reach its/their highest point
- AT THE BOTTOM – Verbs
reach/hit a low (point), hit/reach its/their lowest point
Adjectives
dramatic, sharp, significant, moderate, slight, sudden, rapid, steady, gradual, slow
considerable = erheblich, beträchtlich
Adverbs
- dramatically, considerably, sharply, significantly, moderately, slightly, suddenly, rapidly, steadily, gradually, slowly
fall
There was a fall in unemployment levels;
Besides that, the preposition by is used with the verbs, and of – withthe nouns;
"Es wurde um 20% erhöht
" Es gab eine Erhöhung um 5%
It increased by 20%;
There was an increase of 5%
Wo ging die Veränderung hin...
a great deal more than;
a way over;
about;
almost;
approximately;
around;
far less than;
just over;
just short of;
just under;
nearly;
not quite;
nothing like as mush as;
nowhere near;
roughly;
slightly more than;
somewhere in the region of;
well over;
well under
Useful phrases
General describing
As can be seen from the chart, last year started on a positive note;
Useful phrases
Up
In mid-April the prices started to rally strongly
Sales rose steadily to peak at 1.3m units in July
Over the last few months the market has advanced again
In March the consumer spending was up and was close to reaching a highagain
Useful phrases remain
In autumn the market remained more or less unchanged, failing to break through the spring’s highs
A brief recovery took the prices back to $80, where it remained stable until July
Linking sentences
This was followed by
Diverged significantly (weicht signifikant ab)
Recovered slightly
Useful phrases
Down
Over the next three months itfluctuated dramatically, falling as low as $90 before returning to original level
However, in March 2000 it suddenly plummeted, loosing over $40 by April
Although the speed of thefall slowed slightly
A quick recovery took sharesback above $60 in February and further steady progress saw them back above $70 by May
