Reading list 02/03-08/03

• Latin American migrant money
  
• China economic growth
  
• Mexico drugs crackdown
  
• Gorbachev enters software piracy argument
  
• Chavez begins to pressure foreign oil giants
  
• Illegal coffee threatens wildlife
  

Shanghai auto show opens for business

quadruple Hide phoneticsverb [I or T] to become four times as big, or to multiply a number or amount by four:The number of students at the college has quadrupled in the last ten years.We expect to quadruple our profits this year.
gap 4

extensive Hide phoneticsadjectivecovering a large area; having a great range:a school with extensive groundsextensive repairs to the motorway
Her knowledge of music is extensive (= she knows a lot about music).
The wedding received extensive coverage in the newspapers.
rong rai

ostentatious Hide phoneticsadjective DISAPPROVINGtoo obviously showing your money, possessions or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you:
They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders.an ostentatious gesture/manner
pho truong

Record sales growth for Tesco

organic
(a)
being or coming from living plants and animals
hữu cơ
A quarter of the contents of an average family's dustbin is organic matter.

squeeze
(v)
If you are squeezed by financial demands, they cause you financial problems:
hạn chế
Small businesses are being squeezed by heavy taxation.

minnow
(n)
an unimportant organization or person with little influence or power
(ko hiểu từ này)

equivalent
(a)
having the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc:
tương xứng
She's doing the equivalent job in the new company but for more money.
Is $50 equivalent to about £30?