island
isle
peninsula
mainland
coast
off the coast
latitude
rainfall
spell n
shower
gale
mountain range
pasture
sheets of water
plains (for farming)
lowland
upland
valley
settlement
rural economy
agriculture
dairy farming
changeable
constant
| uninhabitable
innumerable
mild
temperate/moderate
severe
flat
densely populated
commercial
extreme n, adj
consequently
rarely
mostly due to
to consist of
to be made up of
to rank
to tend
to persist
to extend
to contain
to trace of
to be fond of
to take up
to reduce
to decline in importance
| to account for
to outpace
to push back into recession
to implement a number of measures
to cut taxes
to remain
to oppose doing smth
trading power
decade
public ownership
growth
social welfare programmes
needs
labour force
banking
insurance
services
GDP
economic slowdown
expansion
interest rate
opinion polls
majority
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