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something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility of choice
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alternative
a car
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automobile
feeling tired and unhappy because something is not interesting or because you have nothing to do
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bored
a period of time when you choose not to have a job, for example because you want to travel, or look after your children
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career break
the person with the most important position in a company
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CEO(chief executive officer)
any basic substance which is used in or produced by a reaction involving changes to atoms ormolecules
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chemical
the way the world's weather is changing
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climate change
clothes, especially of a type made to protect the wearer against heat, water or machinery
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clothing
one of several parts of which something is made
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component
when you feel worried or nervous about something, or something that makes you feel worried
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concern
set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually resulting in an examination or qualification
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course
without taking any notice of or being influenced by
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despite
to become worse
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(to) deteriorate
suddenly or obviously
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dramatically
The growth of the economy in a place so that it becomes bigger, more successful, etc.
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economic development
the power from something such aselectricity or oil, which can do work, such as providing light and heat
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energy
A bad situation in which it’s difficult or very expensive to get enough fuel to provide the power that homes and industries need
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energy crisis
an idea of the cost, size, value etc, of something but without calculating exactly
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estimate
the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a particular purpose
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equipment
to be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit
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(to) exceed
the ability to change easily according to the situation
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flexibility
a system of working in which people can change the time they start or finish work
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flexitime
to say what you think will happen in the future based on information that you have now
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(to) forecast
a substance which is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned
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fuel
to wake and rise from one's bed or cause to wake and rise from bed
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(to) get up
relating to the whole world
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global
the desire or need of customers across the world for particular goods or services
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global demand
to leave a room or building, especially in order to do something for entertainment
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(to) go out
to buy or bring in products from another country
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(to) import
Impractical arrangements, ideas or methods cannot be done or used easily or effectively
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impractical
to make something better than before
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(to) improve
coloured liquid used for writing, printing and drawing
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ink
the time when you are not working or doing other duties
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leisure
to not have an advantage that other people have
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(to) lose out
a group of large machines or the parts of a machine which make itwork
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machinery
a substance, especially in the form of a liquid or a pill, which is a treatment for illness or injury
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medicine
to satisfy customers’ needs
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(to) meet demands
an occasion when people come together intentionally
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meeting
a type of oven that cooks or heats food very quickly suing electromagnetic waves
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microwave oven
to feel sad that a person or thing is not present
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(to) miss
the ability to move freely or be easily moved
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mobility
to make something more modern
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(to) modernize
a situation when there’s not enough oil
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oil shortage
old-fashioned and therefore not as good as something modern
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outdated
a factory in which machines are used
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plant
an increase in the size of the population (number of people living an a place)
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population growth
the condition of being extremely poor
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poverty
to say that something will happen in the future
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(to) predict
when you say what will happen in the future
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prediction
a machine that is connected to a computer and prints onto paper using ink
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printer
the rate at which a worker or a country produces goods, compared with how much time, work and money is needed to produce them
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productivity
the belief that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races
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racism
fast or sudden
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rapid
on the subject of
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regarding
types of energy that are replaces naturally so can be used without the risk of using them all up
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renewable energy
someone who speaks or does something officially for another person or group of people
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representative
to refuse to accept or be changed by something
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(to) resist
to organize a company, business or system in a new way to make it operate more effectively
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(to) restructure
to use up or finish a supply of something
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(to) run out
a plan or system for doing or organizing something
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scheme
a situation in which men and women are treated in the same way
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sex equality
when there is not enough of something
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shortage
the place something comes from or starts at
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source
to use something or someone instead of another thing or person
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(to) substitute
the light that comes from the sun
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sunlight
an amount of something that is available for use
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supply
to continue to live or exist, especially after being in a difficult or threatening situation
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(to) survive
to get control of a company by buying most of its shares (= the equal parts into which the ownership of the company is divided)
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(to) take over
the practice of working from home, while communicating with your office by telephone, fax or computer
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teleworking
of or relating to fabrics or the making of fabrics
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textile
list of the times when events are planned to happen
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timetable
a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing
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trend
the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers
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Turnover (of staff)
the quality or condition of being urgent, needing attention
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urgency
the state, quality, or sensation of being warm
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warmth
all the people who work for a particular company, organization, etc.
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workforce
the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend with your family and doing things you enjoy
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work-life balance
the amount of something that is available across the world
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world supply

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