tranche, vamp, fabricate, improvise

 IMF approves next tranche of bailout money to Greece

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to release the next
installment of bailout money to Greece. The institution deemed the
debt-stricken country's reform efforts "impressive."


bailout tranche
Papandreou warns of EU's demise should Greece fail to pass austerity
measures

The Greek prime minister struggled to unite his party behind him on
Thursday amid discontent over austerity measures. He needs to get the bill
passed, if Greece is to get the latest tranche of an EU/IMF bailout.

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http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ewb3mvI44va89pI3

fabricate	(verb) Make up something artificial or untrue.
Synonyms:	cook up, invent, manufacture
Usage:	Did Harold really wrestle a bear, or did he fabricate the story to impress us?

tranche



IN BRIEF: n. - A portion of something (especially money).

vamp[vamp¹]

• 発音記号[vǽmp]

[名]

1 （靴の甲からつま先をおおう）つま革, わく革.

2 つぎ, はぎ, ぼろ隠し；つぎはぎ細工.

3 ((略式))《ジャズ》即席伴奏.

━━[動](他)

1 〈靴に〉（新しい）つま革をつける.

2 …につぎを当てる；…を修繕する.

3 ((略式))〈古いものを〉新しく見せる, 手直しする；〈うわさなどを〉でっち上げる, 作り上げる((up))

vamp up a new collection from some old poems
古い詩数編から新しい歌集をつくる.

4 《ジャズ》〈伴奏などを〉即席に演奏する((up)).

━━(自)

1 《ジャズ》即席演奏する.

2 いろいろ尋ねてようすをさぐる((around)).

vamp・er

[名]
(vămp)
n.

1. The upper part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and sometimes extending over the toe.
2. 1. Something patched up or refurbished.
   2. Something rehashed, as a book based on old material.
3. Music. An improvised accompaniment.

v., vamped, vamp·ing, vamps. v.tr.

1. To provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.
2. To patch up (something old); refurbish.
3. To put together; fabricate or improvise: With no hard news available about the summit meeting, the reporters vamped up questions based only on rumor.
4. Music. To improvise (an accompaniment, for example) for a solo.

v.intr. Music
To improvise simple accompaniment or variation of a tune.

[Middle English vampe, sock, from Old French avanpie : avaunt, before; see vanguard + pie, foot (from Latin pēs).]

vamper vamp'er n.

vamp² (vămp) Informal.
n.
A woman who uses her sex appeal to entrap and exploit men.


v., vamped, vamp·ing, vamps. v.tr.
To seduce or exploit (someone) in the manner of a vamp.

v.intr.
To play the part of a vamp.

[Short forVAMPIRE .]

vampish vamp'ish adj.
vampishly vamp'ish·ly adv.
vampy vamp'y adj.