Rising by five percent (stige med, procentpointet, til sammenligning)

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the percentage point
procentpointet
Prices rose by five percent last year.
Priserne steg med fem procent sidste år.
The number of tourists fell from three to two million.
Antallet af turister faldt fra tre til to millioner.
The proportion rose by two percentage points.
Andelen steg med to procentpoint.
Unemployment fell by three percentage points.
Arbejdsløsheden faldt med tre procentpoint.
the chart
diagrammet
The chart shows the number of cars in the town.
Diagrammet viser antallet af biler i byen.
The chart shows that prices are rising.
Diagrammet viser at priserne stiger.
by comparison
til sammenligning
By comparison, prices rose by only two percent last year.
Til sammenligning steg priserne kun med to procent sidste år.
Ten percent is a lot. By comparison, it is only five percent in Sweden.
Ti procent er meget. Til sammenligning er det kun fem procent i Sverige.
to double
fordoble
The number of students has doubled in ten years.
Antallet af elever er fordoblet på ti år.
He wants to double his effort.
Han vil fordoble sin indsats.
to halve
halvere
The price has been halved since the summer.
Prisen er halveret siden sommeren.
The majority wants to halve the tax.
Flertallet vil halvere afgiften.

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