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, Vocabulary
Verbs that can be used when talking about risks
Anticipate Gauge Potential
Calculate Identify Miniscule
Eliminate Measure Remote
Encounter Minimize Immediate
Estimate Prioritize Reduce
Evaluate foresee Weigh up
Face Spread
Examples:
‘’We have to evaluate all the risks before deciding what to do next.’’
‘’There is only a miniscule risk that you will die in a plane crash.’’
These adjectives can be used with the word risk:
Slight Remote
Great Serious
Miniscule Negligible
Considerable Significant
Potential Imminent
Immediate Substantial
Huge Terrible
Tremendous
Example:
‘’Global warming is a serious risk for the earth we are living on right now.’’
Word partnerships
Word Partnerword
Good Very/ quite/exceptionally/extremely
Intelligent Highly/exceptionally/very
Volatile Extremely/exceptionally/increasingly
Prepared Fully/very/entirely/quite/totally
Confident Quite/moderately/fairly/reasonable/rather
Example:
‘’Susan went to her job interview totally prepared.’’
Sayings
Saying Meaning
Money talks Wealth gives power and influence to those who
possess it
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket Don’t risk everything on the success of one
venture
You have to speculate to accumulate the need to invest in order to make meaningful
gains
Don’t throw good money after bad Refers to spending more money on something
, Vocabulary
Verbs that can be used when talking about risks
Anticipate Gauge Potential
Calculate Identify Miniscule
Eliminate Measure Remote
Encounter Minimize Immediate
Estimate Prioritize Reduce
Evaluate foresee Weigh up
Face Spread
Examples:
‘’We have to evaluate all the risks before deciding what to do next.’’
‘’There is only a miniscule risk that you will die in a plane crash.’’
These adjectives can be used with the word risk:
Slight Remote
Great Serious
Miniscule Negligible
Considerable Significant
Potential Imminent
Immediate Substantial
Huge Terrible
Tremendous
Example:
‘’Global warming is a serious risk for the earth we are living on right now.’’
Word partnerships
Word Partnerword
Good Very/ quite/exceptionally/extremely
Intelligent Highly/exceptionally/very
Volatile Extremely/exceptionally/increasingly
Prepared Fully/very/entirely/quite/totally
Confident Quite/moderately/fairly/reasonable/rather
Example:
‘’Susan went to her job interview totally prepared.’’
Sayings
Saying Meaning
Money talks Wealth gives power and influence to those who
possess it
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket Don’t risk everything on the success of one
venture
You have to speculate to accumulate the need to invest in order to make meaningful
gains
Don’t throw good money after bad Refers to spending more money on something
