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depict a movement (increase/decrease) of numbers or amount. Below you will
                  find a selection of them.


                    General vocabulary
                    x-axis                         y-axis                       axes (plural)
                    bar graph                      curve                        deviating
                    exponential                    flow chart                   histogram
                    line                           line graph                   linear
                           solid                   range                        perpendicular
                           broken                  scale                        pie chart (segments)
                           dotted                  slope                        plot
                    logarithmic                    mean (=average)              mode
                    organigram                     origin                       parallel

                    Talking about changes

                    upward movement

                    increase                       rise                         go up
                    grow                           expand                       rocket
                    boom                           climb                        progress
                    escalate

                    downward movement
                    decrease                       fall                         drop
                    decline                        diminish                     go down
                    regress                        reduce                       contract
                    shrink                         slump                        collapse

                    end of movement
                    flatten out                    level off                    stabilize

                    no change
                    to remain constant/stable/  stagnate                        to stay the same/at the same
                    steady at                                                   level


                    degree of change
                    dramatically                   considerably                 significantly
                    moderately                     slightly                     steeply
                    sharply





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