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China’s lending hits new heights
US 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
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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: 1312
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