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China’s lending hits new heightsUS democracy has little to teach China 136) (dramatic) reversal of fortune IDIOM The economy is suffering a dramatic reversal of fortune. 137) on the ground IDIOM= in the place or situation where something important is happening, rather than somewhere else - used especially in news reports 138) down the road IDIOM=in the future 139) on the eve of smth IDIOM 140) in the face of sth IDIOM 141) to hold the high ground IDIOM= to be in the best and most successful situation 142) to be on a roll IDIOM= to be having a lot of success 143) to be (back) in vogue IDIOM 144) to give way to smth IDIOM=to be replaced by something else 145) to put paid to sth (the idea/myth/our hopes etc) IDIOM= to bring smth to an end 146) to stay on top of smth IDIOM= to keep well informed about someone or something 147) to show/have (little) appetite for sth IDIOM 148) to fritter away PHR in short order = in a short time and without delay 149) to verge on/upon sth PHR 150) to stave off PHR = avert or delay something bad or dangerous 151) to own up to sth PHR = to admit that you have done something wrong, especially something that is not serious 152) to pride yourself on sth PHR = to be especially proud of something that you do well, or of a good quality that you have 153) dotcom bubble TERM 154) a state visit term 155) a counterpart term 156) a lobby group term 157) a trade union term 158) (to be limited by) a rule of law term 159) party cadres term 160) populism term 161) multi-party democracy term 162) centralized government term 163) state-owned enterprise term 164) social spending term 165) top-down / bottom-up system/process term 166) checks and balances term 167) to weather a crisis/recession col 168) to administer sth = to manage the work or money of a company or organization 169) to acknowledge/address a problem col 170) to generate employment col 171) to boost consumption col/wf 172) to shift policy col 173) to gauge public opinion col 174) working relationship col 175) to escalate a conflict col 176) to undergo a transition col 177) to cater to sb’s interests col 178) to exploit sb/sth ruthlessly col/wf 179) pervasive corruption = existing everywhere 180) to exacerbate inequalities col 181) nuanced/critical view of smth col 182) to distrust government col/wf 183) to challenge the legitimacy of smth col 184) to feed one’s industrial base col 185) authoritarian regime wf 186) to vindicate → vindication wf 187) mode of governance wf 188) blockage by smb wf 189) countless instances wf 190) accountability for sth to sth/sb wf/prep 191) public discontent wf 192) social explosion wf 193) unsolvable problem wf 194) times of adversity wf 195) vibrant private sector 196) to collude with sb prep = to work with someone secretly, especially in order to do something dishonest or illegal 197) sui generis [ˌsuːaɪ ˈdʒɛnərɪs] 198) pent-up anger/frustration= pent-up feelings or energy have not been expressed or used for a long time col 199) with/without recourse to sth = something that you do to achieve something or deal with a situation, or the act of doing it 200) to lump sth = to put two or more different people or things together and consider them as a single group, sometimes wrongly: You can't lump all Asian languages together. 201) an egregious case of corruption 202) institutionalized ways of doing sth 203) China’s lending hits new heights 204) to sign a loan/to make loan commitments/a loan deal/to be a recipient of a loan 205) lender WF/TERM 206) to scale back (e.g. its economic dependency on western export markets) = to reduce 207) escalating competition over smth to escalate competition over sth COL 208) to offer preferential terms to smb for smth 209) politically sensitive deal 210) to have a mandate to do smth col 211) to further sb’s interests col 212) to make your currency international to internationalize your currency wf
Videos 1-3 1) Collocations: 213) in the aftermath of sth (e.g. financial crisis) 214) to chart (a strategic/economic) course) 215) (“perception has shifted”) a shift in perception / to shift perception 216) Export-led / export-driven [growth model / economy] 217) [to create] a crisis of confidence / confidence crisis 218) to breed insecurity 219) [to balance] [corporate / commercial] and [state] objective / agenda 220) a [stable and secure / ] supply route 221) seminal [moment / speech] 222) maritime issues / security / safety / power / law / insurance / borders etc. 223) to extract diplomatic concessions [ / resources] 224) to have a rethink of sth 225) to be/become a responsible stakeholder (in the international system) 226) to drive the changes 227) to dominate the public opinion 228) to contain (China’s) rise 229) to patrol the waters/sea lanes 2) Idioms: 230) through design VS through accident 231) to be on the rise VS to be in decline 232) the buyer of last resort 233) behind sb’s back 234) to rock the boat 235) the law [here - rule] of the jungle 236) to keep a low/high profile 3) WF 237) entrepreneurial 238) to encircle (US effort to encircle China in Asia) 4) Definitions: 239) blue water navy 240) naval build-up 5) Phrasal verbs: 241) to squeeze sb out (of sth) = to prevent sb from continuing to do sth Date: 2015-12-24; view: 1122
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