Useful expressions

1. India wants to offset China’s increasingly assertive role in Asia.

2. Modi plans to build India into an economic powerhouse.

3. Allah repays the guilty.

offset: counteract; balance

powerhouse: something that is productive

repay: requite; reward

Exercise

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

powerhouse; offset; repaid

1. The extra cost of travelling to work is … by the lower price of houses here.

2. I felt that I had been amply … for my exertions.

3. China has been described as an ‘emerging economic …’.

Answers

1. offset 2. repaid 3. powerhouse