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2401 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Turnover
(Sentence)		 The combined turnover of both businesses has doubled in the last two years.
The company recorded a turnover of $50 million last year.
2402 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Turnover
(Synonym)		 Billing
2403 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Turnover
(Collocation)		 ADJ. large, low, small,
company, group, aggregate, combined, total,
gross, net, annual, daily, etc.
global, worldwide, market, capital, stock
VERB + TURNOVER
have, record, boost, increase, reduce
TURNOVER + NOUN
figure, growth, rate, tax
2404 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Turnover
(Definition)		 the amount of business that a company does in a period of time
2405 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Triple
(Sentence)		 Her trainer is a triple Olympic champion.
There's a triple bill of Hitchcock film (= three films) on at the cinema next Sunday.
2406 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Triple
(Synonym)		 Ternary
threfold
2407 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Triple
(Family Word)		 Tripled
Tripling
2408 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Triple
(Definition)		 having three parts of the same type, or happening three times
2409 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Trend
(Sentence)		 Surveys show a trend away from home-ownership and toward rented accommodation.
There's been a downward/upward trend in sales in the last few years.
Despite this month's disappointing figures, the underlying trend is health.
2410 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Trend
(Synonym)		 Tendency
Direction
2411 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Trend
(Collocation)		 strong, consistent, constant, steady
accelerating, growing, increasing, underlying
dominant, main, major, prevailing
gradual, clear, marked
general, apparent, discernible, global, national, international,
universal, worldwide, positive, upward, downward, negative,
contrary, opposite, healthy, welcome, adverse, dangerous,
disturbing, unfortunate, worrying, fashion
demographic, population, cultural,
social, evolutionary, historical, economic, market
growth, inflationary
2412 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Trend
(Family Word)		 Trending
2413 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Trend
(Definition)		 a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving.
2414 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Textile
(Sentence)		 She makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies.
The textile industry still relies to some extent on sweated labour.
His pictures use textiles and found objects.
We only use the finest textiles for our upholstery.
2415 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Textile
(Synonym)		 Cloth
Fiber
Goods
Yarn
2416 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Textile
(Collocation)		 embroidered, handwoven, printed, woven
cotton, woollen, etc.

TEXTILE + NOUN
business, company, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, mill,
trade, worker, design, designer

PREP. in ~s
She has a job in textiles.

PHRASES the manufacture/production of textiles
2417 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Textile
(Definition_		 a cloth made by hand or machine
2418 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Sustainable
(Sentence)		 That sort of extreme diet is not sustainable over a long period.
The growth momentum is likely to be sustainable into next year.
2419 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Sustainable
(Antonym)		 Temporary
Unsuitable
Untenable
2420 FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 1 Bridging Vocabulary (CHAPTER 25, 26) Sustainable
(Synonym)		 Continual
Viable
Green
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