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increase in English:

1. step up step up


World must step up anti-Ebola efforts.
An hour I wasted trying to get the Kashfaris to step up

English word "increase"(step up) occurs in sets:

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2. boost boost


I think I can reach the branch if you'll give me a boost.
sales boosting
Did you see that? She boosted my telephone and ran away
The promotion of our city boosted tourism in this region
We must also boost opportunities for young people.
Getting the job has boosted my confidence. Increased tourism was a major boost to the local economy. The European Councils' calls for less but better targeted State aid to boost the European economy.
This will boost incentives to increase production.’
Finance Ministry officials tried to boost confidence in recovery.
They seemed really despondent to find that their project didn't boost profits like they thought it would.
Amazon may revolutionize the market and provide boost for stores.
If we do not want to rely solely on emigration, we need to boost the birth rate.
Employers will boost their desirability in the eyes of employees
Some people think that coffee is the best energy boost.
And did you know, Sophie, that scientists believe learning a second language can boost brainpower?
A good way to boost reading and listening skills in a target language is to read or listen to the news.

English word "increase"(boost) occurs in sets:

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3. in in


I live in Warsaw.
Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.
Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.
Poverty does more to bring out the worst in people and conceal the best than anything else in the world.
Kissing one's spouse in public is considered acceptable behavior in some countries.
In the United States, it takes a minimum of eight years of college to become a medical doctor.
Water, in its natural state, is a fluid.
An estimated 20% of the water used by homeowners in cities is used for their grass.
What you spend time doing in your childhood affects the rest of your life.
The inland taipan, a snake found in Australia, is the most venomous snake in the world.
In North America, business operates on "the customer is always right" principle.
I'm the type who gets nervous in front of people, so I'm bad at speech making.
Please make your reservation one week in advance.
If I should be suddenly spoken to in English, I might run away.
The Democrats haven't decided on their candidates yet, but in any case they're sure to lose.

English word "increase"(in) occurs in sets:

Nouns and dependent prepositions

4. augment


People striving to augment their welth.
But Sex Box, with its ridiculous guinea pigs screwing conceit, will only augment our cultural hang-ups about sex.
The money augmented his fortune
And so, knowledge from the past, mixed up with assumptions about that knowledge, which may be more or less appropriate, is used to augment information provided by the senses.

5. build up


Animals build up groups.
It took him nearly 20 years to build up such a big collection of clockwork trains.
But I think that we can learn from the others and further build up our system.!

English word "increase"(build up) occurs in sets:

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