English for Masters. Маркушевская Л.П - 181 стр.

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Key phrases
point
to hit a low
and then level
off
to rise from 1 m to 3 m
to fall from 5 m to 4 m
to increase by 50%
to drop by 10%
an increase in sales of 1 m
Useful phrases with nouns
Useful phrases with verbs
a rapid/sharp/dramatic/substantial (increase)
a slow/gradual/steady (decline)
a great/large/considerable (rise)
a small/slight (drop)
to (increase) rapidly/sharply/dramatically/
substantially/slowly etc.
to double/triple/quadruple
Numbers and Approximations
Currencies
Temperatures
Decimals
Percentage
Fractions
Large numbers
$6.50 six dollars fifty (cents)
£ 6/15 six pounds fifteen
€57.25 fifty-seven Euros twenty-five cents
4.3°C four point three degrees Centigrade
6.5 six point 5 0,25 naught/zero point two five
2.50 two point five oh
84 percent of employees …
½ half/ a half /one-half
a third/one third
¼ quarter/ a quarter/one quarter
an eighth/one-eighth
¾ three quarters
4/
5
four fifths
250 two hundred and fifty
2500 two thousand five hundred (you can also say
twenty five hundred)
2580 two thousand five hundred and eighty
25000 twenty-five thousand