• The hardships - difficulties
• To benefit from - to learn from
• To catch on - to become popular OR to start to understand something
• Overblown - Exaggerated
• An outbreak OF - an eruption/sudden occurence
• To put something to the test
• To
run rampant - to dominate/ overrun
• Slack - empty space/room
• Hence - for this reason
• To harbour - to hide/ give shelter to
• Potent - powrful
• The current economic gloom - current negative ecomomic situation
• Budget
cuts
• Sceptic - disbeliever
• Dotty - mad (informal)
• to scorn someone - to hate someone
• To abound - to overflow/ to be abundant
• A poll - a vote/survey
• To draw a conclusion - to come to a conclusion
• Hand
in glove - to be close to someone
• To cover up - to hide/cover/conceal
• To bear the brunt of something - to endure the very worse of a situation
- Mindset - attitude/ belief
- Deemed to be - considered to be
- To get back on track - to go in the right direction again
- a host - a group
- To heighten - to increase/grow
- Dweller - inhabitant of a place
- A hub (of activity/noise) - centre/hotbed
- Affluent - risch/wealthy
- The consensus - general belief
- To be up for grabs - to be available
- Thriving - successful
- To be afoot - to be in the process
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