SOCIETY AND CHANGE

9. To increase / Opposite: To decrease.

Increase (n)/ increasing (adj.)
Decrease (n)/ decreasing (adj.)
- The number of people learning English is increasing/decreasing.
- The increasing(adj.) number(n) of people in the city centre become the public
situation more dangerous.
10. To rise: move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up. / Opposi
te : to fall.
- Unemployment is rising.
- Unemployment is falling.
- Rail fares are set to rise by an average of 5 percent from January next year.
11. to go up:
- This means that the price of a single ticket from London to Manchester will go
up.
12. To deteriorate / to improve (opposite).
- The quality of tv programmes is deteriorating/ improving.
13. To hurry up: apurarse.
- A: I can't decide what to wear.
- B: well, harry up and make up your mind.
14. To provide : proveer.
- It will provide a social centre for the island.
15. To bring in : traer dentro
16. To create: crear.
- It will bring in 50,000 tourists a year and create hundreds of jobs for local
people.