Business 2022 Flashcards
(99 cards)
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Precarious
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Bold
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Dispersed
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Knock-on effect
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Cascade
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Buck the trend
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Budding trend
Regressive
5
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Inflation pressure are still building
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Creeping up
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Overarching
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With caution
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Hapless
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Midler-than-expected recovery
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Encouraging growth
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Countering
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Pullback
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Provide a pillar of support
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Targeted approach
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Tantamount
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Akin
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Mantra
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Reeling
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Payoff
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Moderate from % to %
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Instantaneously
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Overnight
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The flip side
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Pile up
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Delicate
A
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Grapple
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Outpace
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Fall short / a drag
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Approach 10%
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Feeds into the entire value chain
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Plenty of
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Unwavering
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Very insightful
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Weather the crisis
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Turbulent journey
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Fetch
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Marginal
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Metric
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Faring better
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Integrated
In the red
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Overall improvement
Upbeat
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Price-induced growth
Robust growth
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Full-blown effects
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Heightened market uncertainty
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Growth engines
Pillar
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Brittle
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Withstand
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Tangible benefits
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Defensive portfolio
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35
Secular growth occurs when something fundamentally changes within a sector or industry, creating a wave of new demand.
Secular growth rates can be materially higher than cyclical growth rates, as secular growth depends on changes in customer behavior rather than changes to GDP.
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Infer from other indicator
Hinge on
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Stiff competition
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Kibosh
Hash out
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Top of mind
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Aggregate underlying demand
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opened the doors to a pari passu effect — ie. can be done back to you.
Pari passu refers to the concept of being "on equal footing".
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Modest improvement
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Shortcomings
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Amplify
More forthcoming
45
Run out
Of luck
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Calming
Price increase / inflation
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Seamless
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High costs
Cut into profits
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Feeling the brunt of
Rising costs
50
Benign
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Bottleneck supply
Tight
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Pre-emptive
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Constantly evolve
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Mislead
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By and large
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All-out measure
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Slowdown
Has slumped
58
get out before the fire rages
Aggravated
59
Good quality always rides through good and tough times.
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60
Confucian ethos
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61
Bounce back
Understate
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With greater intensity
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Jitter
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Counterproductive
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hell-bent
on its decision.”
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Spiral into chaos
Dominate the headline
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Concede
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Bright spot
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Exerted further pressure
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Realised the gravity of the situation
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Step up
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Instructive
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MCS is getting weaker
Concerned
74
Providing cushion from any downside risk
From rising macroeconomic challenges
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Hurt
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Bleak
Prospect / outlook
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Turmoil
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Runaway inflation
Q
79
Underdog
Perilla leaf
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Ubiquitous
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Fickle
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Cushion
Deepening
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Coordinated
Lack
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Prime location
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Chicken and egg conundrum
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Lack
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Stalemate
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Prominent
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Profound impact
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90
Reciprocal
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Suffer from
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Extend downtrend
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I’m a very outdoorsy person.
I love being outside.
I’m not very good at sitting inside.
I have itchy feet.
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On two-year stacked basis
One-way street
95
Memories make us who we are.
Dreams make us who we will become.
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Spur
Motivate
97
Backfire
Backlash
98
Have little regard for royalty
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To set things right
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