1-- a pressure group is like a lobby -- a group of people who try actively to influence legislation 2-- You can use a dictionary for favorable and sedate . Cut down on = reduce one's use of 3-- enter the realm of rationing = approach the necessity of being rationed (issued in limited quantities) 4-- take up = begin the habit/practice of 5-- double blind = a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed; designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results. I think you can find placebo, control, randomise and study in a dictionary and figure them out yourself, too.
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