DESCRIBING TRENDS A) AUMENTARE (UN POCO) VERBS NOUNS TO

Describing trends

a) aumentare (un poco)

Verbs Nouns

to increase an increase

to rise a rise

to grow (a) growth

to go up

to climb a climb

to raise a raise

to put up

to boost a boost

c) aumentare molto e/o rapidamente

Verbs Nouns

to soar

to surge a surge

an upsurge

to take off takeoff

to shoot up

to rocket

to jump a jump

to leap a leap

to boom a boom

to double/treble/triple/quadruple

to increase threefold, tenfold, etc.

to go through the roof

e) raggiungere un picco, un massimo

Verbs

to reach a peak

to peak

to top out

to reach a maximum

b) diminuire (un poco)

Verbs Nouns

to decrease a decrease

to fall a fall

to drop a drop

to decline a decline

to go down

to lower lowering

to reduce (a) reduction

d) diminuire molto e/o rapidamente

Verbs Nouns

to plummet

to plunge a plunge

to slump a slump

to crash a crash

to sink

to tumble a tumble

to halve

to cut a cut

to slash

f) raggiungere il livello, il punto più basso

Verbs

to reach a low point

to bottom out

to hit a low

to reach/to hit an all-time low

Describing trends

g) stabilizzarsi, rimanere stabile, costante, ecc.

Verbs

to level off/out

to stabilize

to remain stable

to remain constant

to remain steady

to stay at the same level

to stay the same

h) migliorare, riprendersi

Verbs Nouns

to improve an improvement

to get better

to pick up

to recover (a) recovery

an upturn

j) descrivere il grado del cambiamento

Adjectives Adverbs

a dramatic rise/fall to rise/fall dramatically

considerable considerably

big

sharp sharply

marked markedly

significant significantly

substantial substantially

moderate moderately

slight slightly

small

i) peggiorare

Verbs Nouns

to get worse

to worsen a worsening

to deteriorate deterioration

a downturn

k) descrivere la velocità del cambiamento

Adjectives Adverbs

an abrupt rise/fall to rise/fall abruptly

a sudden suddenly

rapid rapidly

quick quickly

steady steadily

gradual gradually

slow slowly

l) Prepositions

Last year sales increased by 15% / $0.2m

Last year sales rose from $1m to $1.5m

Last year sales rose to $1.5m

Profits fell by 10% last year

Sales fell from $1.5m to $1m

Sales stood at $1.2m

There was an increase/ a decrease in sales of 15% / $0.2m

There was a 15% increase/decrease in sales