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declaration
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/d'eklər'eɪʃən/
A declaration is an official announcement or statement. e.g.,President Obama issued that declaration this morning, 12 months after he signed the stimulus act into law. |
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talk up
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If someone talks up a particular thing, they make it sound more interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed.
e.g., President Obama talked up his year-old economic stimulus program today and made a fresh appeal to skeptics. |
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induce
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If you induce someone to do something, you persuade or influence them to do it.
e.g., induced jobs |
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allot
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If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share
e.g., Following the money, of the $787 billion allotted for stimulus, $120 billion has gone so far to tax cuts for individuals and small business. |
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safety net
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A safety net is something that you can rely on to help you if you get into a difficult situation.
e.g., safety net program |
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dole
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The dole or dole is money that is given regularly by the government to people who are unemployed.
e.g., In fact, Grabell says, less money has been spent than originally forecast, and much remains to be doled out. |
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mount
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If you mount a campaign or event, you organize it and make it take place.
The White House has mounted a full-tilt effort to tout the stimulus, sending Vice President Biden and Cabinet members across the country. |
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full tilt
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As quickly as possible; very rapidly.
She can type 65 words per minute, and sometimes as much as 80, if she's going at it full tilt. |
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tout
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If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good.
It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates. A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones. |
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ridicule
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If you ridicule someone or ridicule their ideas or beliefs, you make fun of them in an unkind way.
He ridiculed many in the GOP for dismissing the effectiveness of the stimulus, even as they claim credit for its largess. |
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largesse
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Largesse is a generous gift of money or a generous act of kindness.
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ribbon-cutting
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剪彩
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lambaste
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to attack or criticize somebody very severely, especially in public
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hit that point in a statement lambasting the stimulus. |
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inundate
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If you say that you are inundated with things such as letters, demands, or requests, you are emphasizing that you receive so many of them that you cannot deal with them all
we're inundated with stories of waste, fraud and abuse. |
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think tank
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a group of experts who provide advice and ideas on political, social or economic issues
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pan out
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If something, for example a project or some information, pans out, it produces something useful or valuable.
None of Morgan's proposed financings panned out. |
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stave off
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If you stave off something bad, or if you stave it off, you succeed in stopping it happening for a while.
What about the claim that the stimulus money helped stave off the possibility of a second depression? |
