VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

how to describe graphs

it maintains growth but the growth speed is not so quick -> it continues to increase but at a lower pace / but slower than previously

maintain stable -> remain stable

according to the contract they should pay within this year and now because of the coronavirus they cannot get enough orders so they applied for debt relief  / they asked us to prolong the loan. / to restructure the loan
make up  / cover the loss

Vocabulary

to stimulate (v) encourage a reaction
He tried to stimulate the economy

stimulus (n) thing that creates a reaction
The stimulus will help the economy

relief (n) : relaxation after big stress / help
I saw the plane crashed on TV but Tom called me to tell me he was ok and I felt relief
They will give a check as economic relief

debt relief
Greece asked for debt because they couldn’t pay it back

to relieve (v)
I took some medicine to relieve the pain

heart broken (adj): when you are very sad after a break up
I am heart broken because Emily didn’t like me

to outsell : sell more than
feature phones (300m) outsold smartphones (50m) in 2010

key (n) : color code telling you what is what in a graph
As you can see in the key smartphones are shown as a black line

horizontal axis (left to right)
On the horizontal axis you have the time

vertical axis (top to bottom)
on the vertical axis you have total sales volume

plummet : go down rapidly
The stock price plummeted

plunge (v)  : jump into the water  / go down quickly
The stock price plunged after people discovered statements had been falsified

to falsify : make a fake / write wrong data
We falsified our statements to make people think the company was healthy

market size : total market value
The E-sport market size in the US was 177m in 2016

Pronunciation

horizontal

vertical