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Vocabulary: increasing or decreasing...

After studying how to express QUANTITIES, it may be necessary to revise the

variations of these quantities and the terms used to be precise when speaking...

Will prices increase, or decrease? Here, the value of the $ is soaring

To increase by/ to raise by

To increase by/ to rise by/ to go up by

A 5% increase in capital/ price

Decreasing the costs... Increasing the revenues... Increase of job offers...

To reduce something by/ to bring sth down by/ To cut sth by

To reduce by/ to decrease by

To diminish by/ to decrease by/ To fall by/ to drop by

a reduction in expenses/ a cut in expenses

a decrease in supplies/ a diminution in supplies

A lack of / a scarcity of/ A shortage of/ **

To lack something

I am 5 points short

insufficient

rare/ scarce (food, labour)/ sparse (vegetation)

rarely/ seldom/ scarcely/ barely/

** WHAT CAN WE LACK?? So many different things!

(To lack something. To have a lack of something)


Lack of motivation	Lack of clarity

Lack of experience	Lack of housing

Lack of money	Lack of education

.....

BUT THERE CAN BE EXCESS TOO...

A surplus of (noun) / surplus (adjective)

an excess of

an abundance of (noun)/ plentiful/ abundant (adjectives)

abundant food / food in plenty

Numerous

A profusion of => in profusion

a multitude of

sufficient

superfluous/ excessive

An empty room A full basket/ an empty basket

Empty/ To empty

Full/ To fill

Half-full

Half-eaten

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1. 'Sorry, Mike! Your scores are to enter this group directly. You’ll have to start training from the beginning again.'

2. The items in this shop are 15%. This is a real bargain.

3. The area is suffering from a rain or most of the crops will be threatened.

4. Inflation has now two-digits in many countries of Europe.

5. A few weeks ago crickets invaded the district and ruined the coming harvest.

6. 'Sorry boy, you don’t have money to pay for this cake…But you can have a smaller one…'

7. His parents help him when he tells them he’s broke…

8. 'Can you Marge’s glass while she’s taking care of the baby’s food, please?'

9. The cost of living has 4 % in six months… I don’t know when it will stop…

10. 'Lucy, I have found a chocolate bun under your bed… That’s disgusting and I won’t bear it.'

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