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The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.
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The bar chart compares the amount of phone calls
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 shown in billions of
minutes
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 in the United Kingdom, over the period of seven years, from 1995 to 2002.
Overall
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, what stands out from the graph is that the local calls were the most popular over the given period.
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, the rest of the rates witnessed an increase, the amount of national and international calls rose slightly, and the number of calls on mobiles soared by 2002.
Minutes
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 spent on local calls fluctuated over the whole period, with just over 70
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minutes
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 in 1995, reaching it is a peak in 1999 at nearly 90 and steadily decreasing to just over 70
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minutes
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, which was nearly the same as the starting point. Turning to the lowest rates, the amount of time which was allocated to the fixed line (national and international calls) and mobile calls showed nearly 37 and almost 3
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minutes
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 before increasing slightly and dramatically to 60 and 45
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minutes
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 by 2002 respectively.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words minutes, billion with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "just over" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number
  • minutes
  • telephone calls
  • UK
  • divided into
  • categories
  • from
  • to
  • overall
  • increased significantly
  • local fixed-line calls
  • accounted for
  • largest proportion
  • throughout
  • period
  • international calls
  • highest rate of growth
  • experiencing
  • sharp increase
  • national long-distance calls
  • remained relatively stable
  • slight decline
  • towards
  • end
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