Vocabulary developing

a. monetary savings

1. savings in the form of money 2. savings that are consumed 3. savings in the bank.

b. price support subsidies

1. grants of money made to consumers 2. grants of money to decrease losses made in production 3. grants of money made to farmers.

c. staple commodity

1. goods that remain at the same price 2. goods that are of major importance to the economy 3. fruit and vegetables.

trivial adj

1) everyday, ordinary 2) inconsiderable, unimportant, slight

shortage n

lack

breakdown n

1) crisis, depression, collapse, crash; 2) breakup; 3) subdivision

affluence n

1) abundance, plenty; 2) wealth; 3) coincidence

self-sufficiency n

Collocations

- self-sufficiency rate

- economic self-sufficiency

independence, sovereignty

drop n, v

Collocations

- drop in prices

- drop in rate

1. decline, fall, decrease (n);

2. to decline, to decrease, to fall (v)

current adj

account for v

failure n

dispute n, v

Collocations

- labour disputes

- heated, sharp dispute

- public dispute

- out of dispute, without dispute

- to arbitrate, resolve, settle a dispute

1. debate, controversy; 2) quarrel, conflict (n);

2. to debate, to argue; 2) to maintain, to defend; 3) strive , resist (v)

embargo n

Collocations

- to impose an embargo against/on

- to remove an embargo - trade embargo

- under embargo

impediment , prohibition

supply n, v

Collocations

- food supplies

- to be in short supply

- to replenish supplies

- to store supplies

- abundant supplies

1. resources, assets (n);

2. to provide (v)

to starve v

to hunger

encourage v

to promote, to stimulate, to motivate

decline n ,v

1. drop, fall, decrease (n);

2) to drop, to decrease, to fall (v)

reluctant adj

unwilling

advance n

1) success; 2) progress; 3) improvement; 4) rise (in prices)

benefit n, v

1. advantage, favour, gain; 2) profit; 3) allowance; 4) dividend (n)

2. to get advantage (v)

predict v

to forecast

push down v

to cut, to reduce, to diminish

bulk n

Collocations

- bulk buying

- bulk discount

1) mass; 2) majority; 3) volume