1. project (04-03-2) reach

　　…budget deficits were projected at hundreds of dollars forever and beyond…

　　Notes: no need for translation of “project”;

　　2. conjecture (04-03-3) expect

　　…much larger than had at first been conjectured

　　3. catch on with (04-03-4) popular with

　　…the idea of living in comfortable residential chambers caught on with the affluent upper and upper middle classes…

　　4. sting (04-03-5) scared

　　…stung by the three straight years of stock market declines, many people have been shifting to lower-risk investments…

　　5. downshift (04-03-6) going bad

　　…my metabolism-never very racy to begin with-down shifted a gear or two once I hit 40…

　　6. overwhelm (04-09-1) surprise

　　…even expecting this, foreigners who visit the United States for the first time are overwhelmed by the vast distances…

　　7. scent (04-09-3) make somewhere smell good

　　… it can scent the area of an average high street shop with the smell of the chocolate, freshly-cut grass…

　　8. gimmick (04-09-6) tool or small tactics

　　…stress has become an all-purpose gimmick to get our attention…

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