accord agreement gems jewels output production

(n) (n) (n)

aid (n/v) assist/ assistance go (v) be sold or knock pact (n) agreement,
down treaty
axe (v) cut, destroy
go- approval peril (n) danger
awe (v) veneration ahead
pledge promise
back (v) support (n)
(n/v)
ban prohibition gunman a man with a gun
plea (n) strong
(n/v) (n)
request
bar exclude, prohibit hail (v) celebrate, acclaim
poll (n) election,
(n/v) halt stop public survey
bid (n) attempt (n/v)
press to insist on
blast (n) explosion hammer beat (v) something
(v)
blaze fire press demand, ask
(n) haul large quantity that for (v) for
(n/v) has been stolen
blow (n) injury/disappointment probe investigate
head direct, lead (n/v)
boom sudden beneficial (n/v)
(n/v) increase quit (v) leave, resign
hit (v) affect badly
boost help, incentive quiz (v) interrogate
(n/v) hold (v) detain, keep in police
raid attack,
custody
bring (v) to cause, result in (n/v) robbery
hurdle obstacle
bug (n) disease, virus riddle mystery
(n)
(n)
call (for) demand jail (n/v) prison
(n/v) row (n) argument,
jet (n) aeroplane disagreement
clash argument, conflict
(n/v) jobless unemployed scare alarm
(adj) (n)
cop (n) policeman
key essential, vital seek (v) request
coup (n) revolution, change in (adj)
government shock surprising
kid (n) child (n) revelation
crook criminal
(n) killing murder slam (v) criticise
(n) severely
curb restrain, limit
(n/v) link connection slash (v) reduce
(n/v)
cut (n/v) reduction smash destroy
loom (v) approach (of (v)
deal (n) agreement
something snub (v) reject, turn
drama dramatic action, threatening) down
(n)
mob (n) mafia/ soar (v) increase
drive (n) campaign, effort uncontrolled dramatically
crowd
envoy diplomat spark cause,
(n) net (v) to capture (v) produce
exit leave no (n) refusal, split divide
(n/v) rejection (n/v)
fear anxious expectations ordeal unpleasant squeeze shortage,
(n/v) (n) experience (n/v) scarcity
flee (v) escape rapidly oust (v) push out,
replace
 storm violent CHARGES Campaign: organized effort to
(n) disagreement achieve social or political result
Axe (verb): abolish, close down MP LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR TAX
strife (n) conflict REFORMS
Axe (noun): abolition, closure
sue (v) accuse, POSTAL SERVICES AXED
appeal SMALL SCHOOLS FACE AXE Claim (verb): make a statement
switch change, that something is true
(n/v) deviation Back: support US SCIENTISTS CLAIM CANCER
OPPOSITION BACKS PM BREAKTHROUGH
swoop sudden
(n/v) attack or raid
Ban: forbid, refuse to allow Clamp down on: deal firmly with
talks (n) discussions something POLICE TO CLAMP DOWN ON EVE
threat menace GOVERNMENT BANS SMOKING IN TEASING
(n) PUBLIC
Clash: quarrel, fight
toll (n) number of
Bar: refuse STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE
people killed
HOTEL BARS FOOTBALL FANS
top (n) exceed AP Style Quick#Reference Guide
urge (v) recommend Bid: attempt Addresses (Page 6) • Use the
strongly WOMAN MAKES SUICIDE BID abbreviations "Ave." "Blvd." and
vow promise, "St." only with a numbered
(n/v) threaten Blast: explosion address: "1600 Reynard St." •
Blast: criticize violently Spell these words out when
walkout strike BLAST AT AIRPORT
(n) used without a number:
OPPOSITION BLASTS PM
"Reynard Street" • These three
wed (v) wedding
terms are the ONLY ones that
weep cry, mourn Blaze: fire
can be abbreviated. Related
(v) SIX DIE IN TEMPLE BLAZE
terms such as "alley," "drive,"
win (v) gain, achieve Blow: bad news, unfortunate
"road" and "terrace" must
woe (n) misfortune happening always be spelled out. • Always
SMITH ILL: BLOW TO WORLD CUP use numerical figures for an
woo (v) try to win the
HOPES address number. "9 Foxlair
favour of
Drive" • Spell out and capitalize
Bond: political or business First through Ninth when
Act: take action; do something association referring to a street name: "First
POWER CRISIS: GOVERNMENT TO INDIA CUTS TRADE BONDS WITH Street," "10 Avenue"
ACT CHINA Composition Titles (Pages 55-
56) • For book titles, computer
Aid: (noun) military or financial Boom: big increase; prosperous
help
games, movies, operas, poems,
period etc, capitalize all the principal
Aid (verb): to help ECONOMIC BOOM: URBAN RICH
MORE AID FOR POOR COUNTRIES words (including prepositions
TO BENEFIT
UNIONS AID BANK STRIKERS and conjunctions of four or
more letters), as well as the first
Boost: encourage
Alert: alarm, warning GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BOOST and last words. • Put quotation
TERROR ALERT IN THE CAPITAL EXPORTS marks around all such titles
except the Bible and books that
Allege: make an accusation Brink: edge of disaster are catalogues of reference
BLIND GIRL ALLEGES UNFAIR GLOBAL WARMING: EARTH ON material (almanacs, dictionaries,
TREATMENT BRINK OF DISASTER encyclopedias, etc). • Do not
put quotation marks around
Appear: appear in court accused of Call for: demand/ appeal for software titles such as Microsoft
a crime TRADE UNIONS CALL FOR STRIKE Word or WordPerfect. Dates
MP TO APPEAR ON DRUGS
 (Page 68) • Always use
numerical figures, without "st,"
"nd," "rd," or "th."
Days of the Week (Page 69) •
Days of the week should be
capitalized and not abbreviated.
Datelines (Pages 66-68) •
Datelines on stories should
contain a city name, entirely in
CAPITAL LETTERS, followed in
most cases by the name of the
state, county or territory where
the city is located: "KANSAS
CITY, Kan." • Prominent US and
international cities can stand
alone in datelines without a
state or country listed. Consult
the AP Stylebook for these
cities. Dimensions (Page 73) •
Use figures and spell out
"inches," "feet," "yards," etc.
"The car is 17 feet long and 6
feet wide." Fractions (Page 100)
• Spell out amounts less than 1
in stories, using hyphens
between the words: "two-
thirds" • Use figures for precise
amounts larger than 1,
converting to decimals when
practical. Here (Page 113) • This
word is frequently redundant
and tells the reader little. If it is
necessary to refer to the
location where the story is
originating from, use the actual
name of the location
Monetary Units (Pages 43 and
76) • Spell out the word "cents"
in lowercase and use numerals
for amounts less than a dollar:
“12 cents" • Use the $ sign and
decimal system for larger
amounts: "$1.01."
• For dollars, use numerical
amounts and the $ sign except
in casual references. In these
cases, the word should be
spelled in lowercase: "The book
cost $4." "Dad, give me a
dollar." • For amounts
exceeding $1 million, use the $
sign and numerals up to two
decimal places: "It is worth
$4.45 million" Months (Page
162) • Capitalize the names of
months in all uses. • When a
month is used with a specific
date, you may abbreviate "Jan."
"Feb." "Aug." "Sept." "Oct."
"Nov." and "Dec." All remaining
months may not be
abbreviated. • When a phrase
uses only a month and a year,
do not separate the year with
commas. When a phrase refers
to a month, day and year, set
off the year with commas:
"January 1972 was a cold
month." "His birthday is Feb. 14,
1987." Numerals (Pages 175-
176) Spell out numbers when: •
They are placed at the
beginning of a sentence. If the
number is too long, it is
recommended you re-order the
sentence. • In casual
expressions: "A thousand times
no!" "Thanks a million" • A
number falls between one and
nine: "first base" "six dollars"
"first place" Organizational
Abbreviations (Pages 3-4) • Well
known abbreviations for
government organizations and
agencies can be used, such as
FBI, CIA, GOP, etc. Consult
individual entries in the AP
Stylebook to see if these
abbreviations are acceptable. •
Some abbreviations are
acceptable on second and
subsequent references within
the text. Percent (Page 188) •
Use figures and spell out the
word: "50 percent of the people
were there." • Repeat percent
with each individual figure: "He
said 10 percent to 30 percent
would attend."
Personal Titles (Pages 248-249)
• Refer to both men and
women by first and last name:
"Susan Smith," not "Mrs.
Smith." The only time you
should use courtesy titles are if
a woman specifically requests it
or when it is necessary to
distinguish between two people
with the same last name. •
Capitalize a formal title if it is
used immediately before a
person's name. The titles can be
lowercase if no name is present:
"President George Bush." "The
president issued a statement." •
Abbreviate titles when used
before a full name: "Dr." "Gov."
"Rep." "the Rev." • For specific
information on more titles,
consult the AP Stylebook entries
on academic titles, doctor,
legislative titles, and religious
titles. State Names (Pages 234-
235) • States should not be
abbreviated when standing
alone in the text. When used in
conjunction with a city, town,
village, military base or political
party affiliation, some states
may be abbreviated. •
Abbreviations of states DO NOT
use postal codes. The AP
Stylebook has its own
abbreviations for each state
which can be found in the "state
names" entry. • Eight states can
never be abbreviated anywhere
in the text: Alaska, Hawaii,
Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas
and Utah. • One comma should
be placed between the city and
the state name, and another
comma after the state name,
unless ending a sentence or
dateline: "He was traveling from
Nashville, Tenn.,
toAlbuquerque, N.M."