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I found some words related to "crisis " : - Verb : to fight / to overcome / to solve . - Adjective : political / economic /financial .

Hi Simon! People are panicking because all the news about the financial crisis. The dollar quotation has been going up recently and in São Paulo the stock market closed down sharply today. Moreover, rumors had been spread that automobile companies were giving holidays to all their employees because the crisis had already affected their production. Meanwhile G7 pledged action to tackle the world econimic crisis after the international turmoil in the stock markets. I picked some phrases from BBC news in order to do my homework. The three verbs are: to tackle: 'After meeting in Washington, G7 finance ministers said they would take "decisive action and use all available tools" to tackle the world economic crisis.'; to fight: ' But he issued a stark warning against countries acting unilaterally to fight the crisis, referring to recent isolated moves by certain European Union member countries.'; to take an action: 'IMF takes action to stem crisis.' The two adjectives: financial/ economical/ economic crisis: financial: 'The scheme, which was used during the Asian financial crisis in 1997, will help speed up approval of loans.'; economic: 'It may take years to resolve the global economic crisis, according to Robert Rubin, the US Treasury Secretary.' Hey Simon guess what? I´ve just come to know that one of the films of Ekimi festival, Lemon Tree, is on some São Paulo´s cinemas. I intend to see this film on Sunday. Have a nice weekend, Ana Paula.

Hi Simon, crisis lovely subject :-( Here you are 3 verbs collocated with crisis: - To fight crisis. - Connecting in a crisis (curious for dealing disasters - To be in a terminal crisis 2 adjectives: - financial crisis (very easy to find nowadays) - mid age crisis (something to avoid) But finally, speaking about of crisis the first thinking that I've had has been the famous "Crisis, what crisis?", the Supertramp's LP. See you, Toni.

Hi, this is my homework: I've found: The serious financial crisis demands a serious global responses. Bush warns countries against taking unilateral steps to solve the financial crisis. The verbs: DEMAND, SOLVE; ADJECTIVES: SERIOUS, FINANCIAL... as we can see all the words are very, very close to Crisis. It's a pity, but nowadays we have to be used to with this new vocabulary. It's vocabulary that means negative context. Any way, I hope I understand me. Thanks a lot for your help

Hello Simon! Unfortunately crisis is the buzzword these days. It's hard to avoid it and now in your blog!!!After the marvellous Turkish landscapes...the reality, the sad one! The crisis getting tougher, they attempt to head off it. Many banks have been severely affected and states take them over to face the crisis. The officials tackle the devastating global financial crisis. And the big ? Are they going to be skillful, shrewd, brainy enough to sort it out? Anyway they sound busy don't they? Bye for now.

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Hello Simon Thanks a lot for your amazingly written blog entries. I agree with you that learning collocations is something very important for us learners as it makes it easy to remember the proper use of words. Now let's do the exercise: economics crisis, environemental crisis, health crisis. Please do let me know if my examples are wrong! thanks in advance.

Hi Simon, I't's lucky for me to find out your blog on BBC. I've learnt a lot from reading and doing your "homework". Now, my key to yours this time are: 1.Adj collocate with crisis are: "financial", "global" Ex: "Mr. Sarkosy said the plan addressed all aspects of the financial crisis..." or "the head of the world bank warned that the blobal crisis could hit developing countries, even harder" 2. Verbs collocate with crisis are: "fight", "end", "tackle" Ex: "what will end the financial crisis ?", "G7 nations pledge to fight crisis" or "European leaders meeting in Paris have agreed a plan to tackle the banking crisis." Thanks Simon. See you on your next entry.Huong-Viet Nam

Hello,Johnson! I like your teaching method for English language. Regarding your homework this time: I think of the three(s) : to combat current banking crisis; to eliminate depositors' crisis of confidence; to prevent the crisis of the concrete economy from recessing

hey thanks for the refreshning of language. I too often think in bundles and I always tell myself to slow it down because of word choice. Thaks Bro

Hi Simon, this is my choice about adjectives and verbs collocated with crisis: Financial crisis Political crisis Banking crisis 1) England and Europe coordinated a cut in rates on Wednesday in an effort to stanch the financial crisis 2) The Iraqi government is unprepared to deal with the crisis 3) Your plan may span several years, but it’s important to have an idea of how you’ re going to handle this crisis. Bye for now

The three verbs that collocate with crisis are: to tackle the crisis, to help stem the crisis, to end the financial crisis. Two adjectives are: Iceland's banking crisis, the economic crisis. Thanks for your challenge.

The three verbs that collocate with crisis are: to tackle the crisis, to help stem the crisis, to end the financial crisis. Two adjectives are: Iceland's banking crisis, the economic crisis. Your challenge is very interesting. Thanks.

Hi, Simon and thanks for your help, you did really fired up my imagination about how to have a better vocabulary, thanks again. Well I found some interesting verbs and adjectives related to Crisis. Here are some verbs and adjectives: 1_ The *political* crisis "continues" in Kyrgyzstan. 2. _ World Markets "Plunge" in "Credit" Crisis 3._ United States is *facing* an economic and *energy* crisis 4._The report from the WHO says that the *health* crisis could be *averted* with simple medicines and clean water. 5._ Georgia had *overcome* its gravest crisis in recent history 6._ In the context of Nepal even in metropolitan city we are *suffering* *fuel* crisis. 7. the WTO's Director General, *warned* of a crisis of immobility in trade negotiations 8._ The International Monetary Fund has said it won't release additional funds to help Argentina out of its current *debt* crisis 9._ The fever has *passed* its crisis.

Hello Simon,collocations have always been an important part of my English learning. These days the most talked about crisis are the global financial crisis. I find it very strange at times that the crisis has left not a single country being affected by it, how globally we are connect to each other. Recently I came to know from the news that to ease off the crisis in Pakistan, The State Bank Of Pakistan has decreased the reserve asset ratio of the commercial banks by 1%. The political crisis hadn't freed us yet and now the ongoing financial crisis. Simon, your homeworks are always very interesting and challenging and on top of that they involve the learner a great deal:-). Best wishes, Naheed

Hi everyone and above all Simon, it must be a bit trying to keep motivated with difficulties you have encountered. I mean firstly Marvin being too busy to write, now Linda having troubles with her computer, and me also being a bit apprehensive about bloging due a shooting incident some time ago in Finland. However, I hope my short message reaches you all well and in high spirits, I am very well and very keen to follow my new studies, Greek, not forgetting English naturally. Busy at work with some English speaking visitors coming... I am hosting the visit. Best...