Sub- Technical Vocabulary

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SUBTECHNICAL

VOCABULARY


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12. Go up13. Grow

14. Sudden15. Abrupt16. Decrease17. Drop18. Decline19. An upward trend / a downward trend / continuous

fluctuating trend20. Fall21. Fluctuations / fluctuating trend

22.A downward trend23. Generally decreased / increased


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24. Slow climb25. Rocketed to a peak26. Highest / lowest27. Remains stable28. Sudden rise / sudden jump29. Significant increase / decrease

30. Dipped lower31. Mere ( mere 10%)32. 3 times more / less33. Double

34. Triple35. By half / by one third


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47. Escalate48. Gradually climb / gradually fall49. Peak

50. Fall51. Deplete52. Drop53. Rise / rises54. A small climb55. Reached a plateau56. Leveled off57. Noticeably wide change / gap / increase etc58. The difference is negligible.59. Stood at (no change)the price of coal stood at $4.60. Ranked at

61. Increased by threefold in the year 2000


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Language describing movements in graphs:

1. Sales rocketedover the period.

2. The purchase of furniture was rather erratic,

hitting a peak in the middle of the period.

3. The sale of fish products rose dramatically.

4. There was a slight dip in equipment production.


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5. There was rather a dramatic fall in the share

price.

6. Share prices plummeted, but then stabilized.

After a dramatic fall in the number of people

settling in the city, there was a period ofstability.

7. The number of houses sold dipped slightly.


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9. There were wild fluctuations in sales, but the trend

was upward.

10. The number of people attending the weeklylectures plunged.

8. There was a gradual decline in the number of

children visiting the zoo.

11. There was a steady increase in the amount of

coal used, followed by a period of stability.


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12. To start, it is evident that the water usage foragricultural and industrial purposes increases

significantlyover the 100 years.

13. Next, although the usage of water for agricultureagriculture from 1900 to 1940 is gradual, thereafter itrocketsto the highest point of about 3000 km3.

14) As for industrial use, the increase is negligible from

1900 to 1940, but thereafter it rises sharply to about1200 km3.


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15) First and foremost, both boys and girls preferwatching TV or videos the most for which there is a

record of 100% participation.

16) Next, Art and craft is least liked by boys (about35%) whereas a significant number of girls prefer it.

17) However, skateboarding or rollerblading is leastpreferredby girls for which the number of boys is muchhigherthan girls.

18) Then, there are a significantly higher number of boyswho are interested in electronic or computer gamescompared to the number of girls.


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19) Finally, the table explains that water consumptionin highly populated Brazil is many times more than that

in less populated Democratic Republic of Congo.

20. Interestingly, both in bike riding and electronic or

computer games, the difference between boys andgirls are similar (about 20%).

21. Finally, all the other activities record an equal or

higher number of participation by boys except in Artand craft.


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22. It is noteworthy that domestic water consumptionfrom 1900 to 1960 remains constant; however, it

shows a gradual rise over the years from 1960 to2000.

23. To begin with, the number of passengers is atone of the lowest points of about 100 at 6am afterwhich it rockets to the peak of about 400 at around8am.

24. Next, the number records a rapid decline from

8am to 10am.


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25) However, it then increases gradually reaching anumber of 300 by around 2pm followed by another sharpfallto the lowest point (below 100) in the graph.

26) Moreover, there is another sharp increase between

4pm and 6pm at which point the number risesto close to400 which is the second highest number in the graph.

27) Finally, it is noteworthy that there is a significantlysimilar trend in the number of passengers between 6amto 10am and 4pm to 8pm.


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28) From the first diagram, we can see that the numberof Japanese tourists going abroad for holidays generally

increasedover ten years with a slight decrease in 1991until it peaksat 95 (about 15 million).

29) Moreover, the increasein the bar chart correspondsto the increasein the line graph where we also see the

number of Japanese tourists to Australia generallyincreasedexcept during 1988 and 1999 as well as in1994 when it dropped.

30) It is noticeable from the line graph that thepercentage of tourists coming to Australia recordedsignificant increase except during two years (88 -89 and93-94).


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31) According to the bar chart, although the numberof Japanese tourists dippedin 1991, the number of

Japanese tourists to Australia did not fall during thatperiod.

32) Firstly, the line graph shows thefluctuating sales

of gold in Dubai which started at 200 million Dirhamin January and increased slightly reaching about 225million by the next month.

33) Next, the sales rocketed to a peak reaching 350

million Dirhams within a month after which itrecorded a plunge until July (about 120 million).


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34) Furthermore, the sales recorded a continuouslyfluctuating trend during the second half of the year.

35) It is noticeable that the sales in July andSeptember recorded an almost similar amount (120million).

36) Finally, the trend is increasing from Septemberto December with a slight dip in November.


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TO ABOUT

OF APPROXIMATELY

AT APPROXIMATELY

AT ABOUT

BY ABOUT


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1. In February, sales increased to about $80 000.2. The following month, there was a further increase of

approximately $20 000.3. In April, they remained constant at about $100 000.4. In the next two months, they dropped by about $40

000.

5. As a result of this fall, they were back at about $60000 in June.

6. The next three months saw a steady rise to about$120 000 in September.

7. This was followed by a dramatic fall to about$40 000 in October.

8. Sales rose in December to finish the year at about$100 000.


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