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Useful phrases
- The horizontal/vertical axis represents ...
- Production is indicated by a solid line whereas the broken line shows ...
- The dotted line indicates ...
- The right-hand/left-hand bar shows ...
- The line shows a curve.
- In the second column of the table you can see the figures of ...
Basic trends
The three basic trends are the upward movement, the downward movement and the continuing trend. For each trend there are a number of verbs and nouns to express the movement:
Upward trend:
- The number of ... has increased/grown/gone up/risen/climbed.
- Prices have risen since ...
- The markt is booming.
- The Market has picked up/recovered.
- Sales reached a peak in 2004.
- Production reached an all-time high.
Downward trend:
- Profits have decreased/declined/gone down/dropped/fallen.
- Sales have slumped/plummeted.
- There has been a downturn in production.
- Prices bottomed out.
- The DAX reached/hit an all-time low.
- There was a sudden collapse in prices.
Continuing trend:
- Our sales figures have remained steady/stable.
- Prices have remained unchanged over the past several years.
- Profits have held firm/remained constant for two years.
- The costs have stabilised.
- We have kept our costs at the same level.
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