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This flashcard set helps university-level learners improve their English vocabulary and communication skills. The cards focus on essential terms like "urgent," "scale up," and "insight," covering a wide range of topics from urban planning to business propositions. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language. Ideal for advanced learners, this set is perfect for students and professionals aiming to enhance their fluency and precision in English.
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If a rate or amount levels off, it stops rising or falling and stays at the same level:

level off

to stop changing

stabilize
a period of time when there is no electricity supply:

blackout (n)

in or through the middle of a group of people or things:

among(st) (prep.)

decided or arranged before something happens, so that it does not happen by chance:

predetermined (adj.)

at the present time:

currently (adv)
to increase the speed of:

to accelerate (v)

The basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively::

infrastructure (n)

piece of equipment that makes a vehicle go more slowly or stop:

brake (n)

the act of making something stronger:

reinforcement (n)
tall building with many levels

high-rise (n)

the early development of something:

infancy (n)

to change something, such as a decision, judgment, or process so that it is the opposite of what it was before:

to reverse (v)

done on a small scale in order to see if something is successful enough to do on a large scale:

pilot (adj)
to help something to happen or develop:

to promote (v)

a marked out area of ground on which a sport is played [= field]:

football pitch (n)

probable or expected:

likely (adj)

Being more than is usual, required, or permitted:

excess (adj.)
happening at the beginning; first:

initial (adj)

An interconnected system for the distribution of electricity:

electrical grid (n)

first or most important:

prime (adj)

To receive or collect (energy):

to harvest (v)
the number of items or people found in a given area, especially if large:

density (n)

to use sth. in an effective way:

to utilize (v)

to radiate light:

to beam (up, down) (v)

to make or become filled with electricity:

to charge (v)

to return to a normal state after an unpleasant or unusual experience or a period of difficulty:

recover

showing no change

remain steady

to be at a particular level, amount, height, etc.

stand at

the highest, strongest or best point, value or level of skill:

peak

to reach the highest, strongest or best point, value or level of skill:

reach a peak

the lowest level:

(hit a) low

very small in amount or effect

marginal

neither small nor large, but between the two

marginally

small in amount or degree:

slight

a little:

slightly

neither small nor large, but between the two

moderate

neither small nor large, but between the two

moderately

A lens or combination of lenses that enlarges the image of an object.

magnifying glass (n)

happening or changing slowly over a long period of time or distance:

gradual

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