[Total-] production was up 15% by the following spring.

Hint: Find a synonym for “Total”!

Overall Total

A press conference has been called by the [-departement] of Justice.

Ministry Department

Info: BrE generally chooses Ministry, AmE Department

Although the interest rate was cut by 0.5 [procent] , the economy remained sluggish.

Hint: Spelled as either one word or two words.

percent per cent

Mix the cement and sand in equal [delar] , then add the water.

proportions amounts

Info: ”Parts” is close, but now sounds very old-fashioned.

Only ten years [från nu] , tuberculosis could be a mere memory, thanks to this new vaccine.

Hint: Find a one-word synonym for “from now”!

hence

Info: Note that “later” cannot be used about the future.

To get her driver’s license, Nan had to learn to [fick-] park.

Hint: Hint: a totally different word!

parallel

Info: These are AmE terms; BrE has ‘driving licence’.

To his parents’ horror, he left Oxford to [ägna sig åt] a career in horse-racing.

Hint: Try to find a one-word answer!

pursue devote himself to