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Deal near for Greek economy

Vocabulary

bail-out

when someone helps a person or organisation (or here, a country) that is in difficulty, by giving or lending them money

critical

very important

coming under intense pressure

being asked very forcefully to do something

implement

put a plan into action

spending cuts

decreasing the amount of money being spent

expressed outrage at the conditions

said that they were very angry about what they are being asked to do

called a general strike

asked all workers in the country to stop working to show that they disapprove of something (here, the financial rescue plan)

tear gas

a gas (used by police to control groups of people) which causes your eyes to sting and fill with tears

demonstrators who were protesting

people who were publicly saying they didn't agree with the bailout

bring some calm to the financial markets

steadied Greece's value on the stock exchange or made Greek (and other countries') stocks and share less likely to crash or fail