Voc Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
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To stem (from something)

A

To originate

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2
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To be eligible

A

Having the right to do or obtain something

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3
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To be incentivised

A

To be encouraged or motivated to do something

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4
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To circumvent something

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To find a way around something

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5
Q

Gradually

A

Little by little

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6
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To penalise

A

To put at an unfair disadvantage

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7
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Subsidies

A

Money granted by the governement

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8
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Benefit programmes

A

Governmental support in the shape of financial, medical, education, etc aid

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9
Q

Things seem to be turning around

A

When a situation changes in a positive direction

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10
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To be burdened

A

To be loaded with something

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11
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Influx

A

The arrival of large numbers of people or things

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12
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Permanent

A

The opposite of temporary

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13
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Accrue

A

To build up/ result in something

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14
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Fashioned

A

To convert into something else

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15
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To wrap one’s head

A

To understand something that is confusing or difficult

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16
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Declining

A

Going down or getting worse

17
Q

Accumulated

A

Collected or built up over time

18
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Root

A

Origin of something

19
Q

Destabilization

A

Making something weak or unsteady

20
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Fraction

A

A small part of something

21
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Labor

A

Work especially physical work

22
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Dropped

23
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Means

A

A way or method to do something

24
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Expanded

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Got bigger or grew larger

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Stagnant
Not moving or changing
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Automation
Using machines or computers
27
Layoffs
When workers lose their jobs bcs they company needs to reduce staff
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Exempt
Not required to do something
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Impact
A strong effect
30
Cut
To reduce
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Stir up
To cause strong feelings
32
Elites
small group of people with power and money
33
Greed
Strong desire to have more money or things
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Strikes
When workers stop working to protest