SUB TECHNICAL

VOCABULARY

1. Erratic
2. Rapid
3. Dramatic
4. Sharp
5. Steady
6. Moderate
7. Small
8. Slight
9. Gradual
10. Increase
11. Rise
12. Go up
13. Grow
14. Sudden
15. Abrupt
16. Decrease
17. Drop
18. Decline
19. An upward trend / a downward trend / continuous
fluctuating trend
20. Fall
21. Fluctuations / fluctuating trend
22. A downward trend
23. Generally decreased / increased




24. Slow climb
25. Rocketed to a peak
26. Highest / lowest
27. Remains stable
28. Sudden rise / sudden jump
29. Significant increase / decrease
30. Dipped lower
31. Mere ( mere 10%)
32. 3 times more / less
33. Double
34. Triple
35. By half / by one third

36. Increased suddenly
37. Plummeted
38. Stable / stabilizing
39. Similar
40. Equal
41. Decline / steady decline / steady increase
42. A slight dip
43. Decreased sharply / rose sharply
44. Plunged
45. Dramatic plunge
46. Constant drop / remains constant



47. Escalate
48. Gradually climb / gradually fall
49. Peak
50. Fall
51. Deplete
52. Drop
53. Rise / rises
54. A small climb
55. Reached a plateau
56. Leveled off
57. Noticeably wide change / gap / increase etc
58. 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

Language describing movements in graphs:

1. Sales rocketed over 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.


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 of
stability.


7. The number of houses sold dipped slightly.


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

10. The number of people attending the weekly
lectures 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.
12. To start, it is evident that the water usage for
agricultural and industrial purposes increases
significantly over the 100 years.


13. Next, although the usage of water for agriculture
agriculture from 1900 to 1940 is gradual, thereafter it
rockets to 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 about
1200 km3.


15) First and foremost, both boys and girls prefer
watching TV or videos the most for which there is a
record of 100% participation.

16) Next, Art and craft is least liked by boys (about
35%) whereas a significant number of girls prefer it.

17) However, skateboarding or rollerblading is least
preferred by girls for which the number of boys is much
higher than girls.

18) Then, there are a significantly higher number of boys
who are interested in electronic or computer games
compared to the number of girls.


19) Finally, the table explains that water consumption
in 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 and
girls are similar (about 20%).


21. Finally, all the other activities record an equal or
higher number of participation by boys except in Art
and craft.
22. It is noteworthy that domestic water consumption
from 1900 to 1960 remains constant; however, it
shows a gradual rise over the years from 1960 to
2000.
23. To begin with, the number of passengers is at
one of the lowest points of about 100 at 6am after
which it rockets to the peak of about 400 at around
8am.

24. Next, the number records a rapid decline from
8am to 10am.

25) However, it then increases gradually reaching a
number of 300 by around 2pm followed by another sharp
fall to the lowest point (below 100) in the graph.


26) Moreover, there is another sharp increase between
4pm and 6pm at which point the number rises to close to
400 which is the second highest number in the graph.


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


28) From the first diagram, we can see that the number
of Japanese tourists going abroad for holidays generally
increased over ten years with a slight decrease in 1991
until it peaks at 95 (about 15 million).

29) Moreover, the increase in the bar chart corresponds
to the increase in the line graph where we also see the
number of Japanese tourists to Australia generally
increased except during 1988 and 1999 as well as in
1994 when it dropped.

30) It is noticeable from the line graph that the
percentage of tourists coming to Australia recorded
significant increase except during two years (88 -89 and
93-94).

31) According to the bar chart, although the number
of Japanese tourists dipped in 1991, the number of
Japanese tourists to Australia did not fall during that
period.
32) Firstly, the line graph shows the fluctuating sales
of gold in Dubai which started at 200 million Dirham
in January and increased slightly reaching about 225
million by the next month.

33) Next, the sales rocketed to a peak reaching 350
million Dirhams within a month after which it
recorded a plunge until July (about 120 million).



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


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


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

TO ABOUT

OF APPROXIMATELY

AT APPROXIMATELY

AT ABOUT

BY ABOUT

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 $60
000 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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