1
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How do you say “increase quickly”?
A
a rapid increase, ,a sharp rise
2
Q
How do you say “increase slowly”?
A
a steady increase,a gradual rise
3
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How do you say “increase dramatically”?
A
a significant increase,a dramatic rise
4
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How do you say “increase slightly”?
A
edged up,a slight rise
5
Q
How do you say “increase suddenly and strongly”?
A
spiked,a spike
6
Q
How do you say “increase a lot in a short time”?
A
shot up,skyrocketed
7
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How do you say “increase at a constant speed”?
A
a steady upward trend,rose steadily
8
Q
How do you say “continue increasing”?
A
maintained an upward trajectory, continued to rise
9
Q
How do you say “increase again after falling”?
A
rebounded,recovered
10
Q
How do you say “increase to its highest point”?
A
reached a peak, peaked
11
Q
How do you say “decrease quickly”?
A
a rapid decline,a sharp fall
12
Q
How do you say “decrease slowly”?
A
a slow decline, a gradual fall
13
Q
How do you say “decrease slightly”?
A
dipped, a slight drop
14
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How do you say “decrease dramatically”?
A
dropped significantly, a dramatic fall
15
Q
How do you say “decrease suddenly and strongly”?
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plummeted, a steep fall
16
Q
How do you say “decrease gradually over time”?
A
declined steadily,a steady downward trend
17
Q
How do you say “continue decreasing”?
A
maintained a downward trajectory, continued to fall
18
Q
How do you say “decrease and reach the lowest point”?
A
reached a trough, hit a low point
19
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How do you say “decrease after increasing”?
A
dropped after peaking, fell back
20
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How do you say “stay the same”?
A
remained unchanged,remained stable
21
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How do you say “almost no change”?
A
stayed roughly at,hovered at
22
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How do you say “stay constant for a long time”?
A
,maintained a constant level
23
Q
How do you say “stayed at around (number)”?
A
plateaued at,levelled off at
24
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How do you say “very small changes around a point”?
A
,remained relatively stable with minor fluctuations
25
How do you say “go up and down often”?
showed fluctuations,fluctuated
26
How do you say “slight fluctuations”?
,experienced minor fluctuations
27
How do you say “large changes up and down”?
,showed considerable volatility
28
How do you say “rise and fall repeatedly”?
,rose and fell repeatedly
29
How do you say “irregular changes”?
,displayed an erratic pattern
30
How do you say “X is bigger than Y”?
X exceeds Y,X is higher than Y
31
How do you say “X is much bigger than Y”?
,X is significantly higher than Y
32
How do you say “X is slightly bigger than Y”?
,X is marginally higher than Y
33
How do you say “X is smaller than Y”?
,X is lower than Y
34
How do you say “X is much smaller than Y”?
,X is significantly lower than Y
35
How do you say “almost the same as”?
similar to,roughly the same as
36
How do you say “twice as high as”?
twice the figure for,double that of
37
How do you say “three times higher”?
triple the figure for
38
How do you say “the highest among all categories”?
the leading category,the highest figure
39
How do you say “the lowest among all categories”?
the smallest proportion,the lowest figure
40
How do you say “while X went up, Y went down”?"
,"while X increased, Y declined
41
How do you say “X shows one pattern and Y shows the opposite”?
,X shows an opposite trend to Y
42
How do you say “X was high, but Y was low”?"
,"X was relatively high, whereas Y was comparatively low
43
How do you say “X rose, in contrast, Y stayed the same”?"
,"X rose; in contrast, Y remained stable
44
How do you say “the difference between X and Y widened”?
,the gap between X and Y widened
45
How do you say “the difference between X and Y narrowed”?
,the gap between X and Y narrowed
46
How do you say “exactly 50%”?
,at exactly 50%
47
How do you say “around 50%”?
about half, at approximately 50%
48
How do you say “more than 50%”?
more than 50%,over half
49
How do you say “just over 50%”?
slightly above 50%, just over half
50
How do you say “less than 50%”?
less than 50%,below half
51
How do you say “just under 50%”?
slightly below 50%, just under half
52
How do you say “one-third”?
a third,one-third
53
How do you say “two-thirds”?
,two-thirds
54
How do you say “a quarter (25%)”?
,a quarter
55
How do you say “three-quarters (75%)”?
,three-quarters
56
How do you say “increase from 10 to 20”?
,increased from 10 to 20
57
How do you say “increase by 10”?
,increased by 10
58
How do you say “increase by double”?
,doubled
59
How do you say “increase by three times”?
,tripled
60
How do you say “increase to its highest level”?
,rose to its peak
61
How do you say “increase again after falling”?
bounced back to,recovered to
62
How do you say “decrease from 20 to 10”?
,fell from 20 to 10
63
How do you say “decrease by 10”?
,fell by 10
64
How do you say “decrease by half”?
,halved
65
How do you say “drop to 5”?
,dropped to 5
66
How do you say “fall back to the previous level”?
dropped back to, returned to
67
How do you say “up and down between 20 and 30”?
,fluctuated between 20 and 30
68
How do you say “rose to 30 then dropped to 15”?
,rose to 30 before falling to 15
69
How do you say “fell to 10 then rose again”?
,fell to 10 and then recovered
70
How do you say “reached 40 and stayed there”?
,peaked at 40 and remained stable
71
How do you say “rose sharply then levelled off”?
,rose sharply and then levelled off
72
How do you say “increase slightly but continuously”?
crept up; inched up
73
How do you say “increase strongly after a stable period”?
saw a strong upward shift
74
How do you say “increase at the fastest rate in the chart”?
recorded the most rapid growth
75
How do you say “increase steadily without interruption”?
climbed consistently
76
How do you say “increase over the entire period”?
showed continual growth
77
How do you say “decrease slightly but continuously”?
gradually edged down
78
How do you say “fall quickly before stabilising”?
plummeted before stabilising
79
How do you say “decline at the fastest rate in the chart”?
recorded the steepest decline
80
How do you say “drop to nearly zero”?
fell to a negligible level
81
How do you say “gradually reduced over time”?
was steadily reduced
82
How do you say “small up and down movement”?
experienced slight oscillations
83
How do you say “big up and down movement”?
underwent major swings
84
How do you say “constant but irregular changes”?
followed an inconsistent pattern
85
How do you say “changed unpredictably”?
showed unpredictable variation
86
How do you say “fluctuated around 50”?
fluctuated around the 50 mark
87
How do you say “stayed almost exactly the same”?
remained virtually unchanged
88
How do you say “stayed very close to 100”?
hovered at just under 100
89
How do you say “stayed constant after rising”?
stabilised at its peak level
90
How do you say “stayed constant after falling”?
stabilised at a low point
91
How do you say “no noticeable change”?
showed no significant variation
92
How do you say “X was slightly higher than Y”?
X marginally exceeded Y
93
How do you say “X was far higher than Y”?
X far outstripped Y
94
How do you say “X was exactly the same as Y”?
X was identical to Y
95
How do you say “X overtook Y”?
X surpassed Y
96
How do you say “X remained ahead of Y”?
X consistently outperformed Y
97
How do you say “X went up while Y remained stable”?
X increased, whereas Y remained constant
98
How do you say “X rose sharply while Y declined sharply”?
X surged, while Y plummeted
99
How do you say “X used to be higher than Y but became lower”?
X fell behind Y over time
100
How do you say “X and Y moved in opposite directions”?
X and Y demonstrated opposing trends
101
How do you say “X and Y followed different patterns overall”?
X and Y exhibited contrasting patterns
102
How do you say “early in the period”?
in the early stages of the period
103
How do you say “towards the end of the period”?
towards the end of the timeframe
104
How do you say “across the whole timeline”?
throughout the timeframe
105
How do you say “from this point onwards”?
from that point forward
106
How do you say “before the period began”?
prior to the timeframe
107
How do you say “just above 1 million”?
slightly over one million
108
How do you say “just below 1 million”?
slightly under one million
109
How do you say “approximately 2 million”?
around two million
110
How do you say “a tiny number (less than 5%)”?
a very small proportion
111
How do you say “a huge majority”?
an overwhelming majority
112
How do you say “grew slowly at first, then faster”?
accelerated after an initial slow rise
113
How do you say “fell quickly at first, then slowed down”?
declined sharply before decelerating
114
How do you say “had ups and downs but overall increased”?
despite fluctuations, it showed an upward overall trend
115
How do you say “had ups and downs but overall decreased”?
despite fluctuations, it showed a downward overall trend
116
How do you say “had the biggest change of all categories”?
experienced the most pronounced change
117
How do you say “hit a temporary high point”?
reached an interim peak
118
How do you say “hit a temporary low point”?
hit an interim low
119
How do you say “reached its previous level again”?
returned to its original level
120
How do you say “rose to a stable long-term level”?
rose before settling into a long-term plateau
121
How do you say “fell then stabilised slightly above baseline”?
fell and then stabilised marginally above its starting point
A Master Deck - IELTS Rollins
flashcards
Decks in class (48)
# Cards
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Business, Money and Investment IELTS103
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Transportation IELTS100
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Education IELTS145
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Travel IELTS153
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Crime and Criminality IELTS47
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IELTS Health and Mental Health51
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Informal Eating out IELTS54
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Travel (4-6) IELTS96
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Physical Health IELTS80
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Politics IELTS113
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Physical Health - Medical IELTS62
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Climate Change Problems and Solutions ( Examples) IELTS20
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Working Out - Gym IELTS78
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Weather IELTS71
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Types of Rain - IELTS12
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Music IELTS79
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Most common Irregular Verbs101
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Art (4-5) IELTS45
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Crypto Currency IELTS21
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Internet IELTS32
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Travel alone or in a group IELTS38
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Study and Work?24
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Engineering IELTS165
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Death - IELTS17
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Medical Diseases (ADVANCED) IELTS19
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Hospital Terminology IELTS17
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Artistic Personality41
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Types of People32
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Parts of the Body ( INTERMEDIATE )18
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Present perfect118
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Real Estate75
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Technology IELTS125
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Power Verbs94
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Food Eating out54
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Architectural Styles & House Vocabulary IELTS176
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Style and Clothing IELTS70
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Reading - Hobby IELTS130
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Language Learning IELTS86
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Friendship IELTS87
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Climate Change50
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Role Models IELTS97
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Family IELTS105
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Football IELTS35
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Media and Advertising IELTS133
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Childhood IELTS158
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ielts_task1_master_deck121
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Collocations - Places General Use28
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Collocations - Places Part 3 & Essay Writing (FORMAL TONE)60
