TOEFL
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| Cartes-fiches | 60 |
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| Langue | English |
| Catégorie | Anglais |
| Niveau | Université |
| Crée / Actualisé | 30.01.2018 / 30.01.2018 |
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To give out different amounts for different purposes
allocate (The budget allocates $58 billion to the military and only about $2 billion to education.)
A thing that can be bought and sold, such as grain, oil, or wood
commodity (Tulip bulbs were one of the most valuable commodities in seventeenth-century Holland.)
To decrease in power or amount
decline (America’s railroads declined because the automobile dominated American life.)
The value of one’s share in an investment
equity (Barnard’s equity in the business was one-third, or about $350,000)
A situation in which prices for many items rise quite fast
inflation (During the rapid inflation of the 1970s, prices for food and fuel sometimes rose 20 percent in a single month.)
After all costs have been subtracted from an amount
net (My gross salary is around $35,000, but my net pay is closer to $29,000.)
For each person
per capita (Research shows we’re likely to sell 15 light bulbs per capita per year in medium-sized cities.)
Control according to a set of rules
regulate (Trading on the New York Stock Exchange is regulated by officials of the exchange and by federal law.)
Money given by a government or other organization to support an activity
subsidy (Federal subsidies to grain farmers have helped them stay in business despite three years of bad weather.)
Obviously real because it can be seen, touched, or otherwise observed
tangible (One tangible benefit of putting electrical cables underground is a clearer view of the sky.)
To build up a large amount of something
accumulate (Over several generations, the Hardington family accumulated vast wealth by buying and selling land.)
Wealth and the style of life that goes with it
affluence (Mohadzir grew up amid affluence, which poorly prepared him for his grad student days in crowded apartments with no servants.)
Belonging to a special, honored group
elite (Messner is an elite climber who recently ascended an 8,000-meter mountain without extra oxygen.)
To make a person or group poor
impoverish (The collapse of the steel industry impoverished several counties in eastern Ohio.)
Extreme comfort, beyond what anyone needs
luxury (Automakers try to give their cars an image of luxury by including extras like heated seats and satellite tracking systems.)
A group of socially prominent people with special titles given by a king or queen, such as “duke”or “countess”
nobility (In the Middle Ages, the nobility supposedly followed a code that required them to take care of poorer people who lived near their estates.)
Honor and respect for being better than the average
prestige (The Grassleys enjoyed the prestige of living in the historic town, but they did not feel at home there.)
Able to enjoy special advantages because of one’s position (usually because of being born into a wealthy or powerful family
privileged (Despite his privileged position in one of America’s most powerful families, the politician tried to portray himself as an ordinary person.)
To do very well in one’s business or personal life
prosper (Vargas prospered after finally patenting his new inventions)
People with low-paying (often unskilled) jobs who are not poor but who are not securely in the middle class
working class (The Farrelly family, like other members of the working class, were proud of their jobs and did not want any handouts from charity or the government.)
