nonperforming asset; bad assets; toxic assets
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
paper loss; appraisal loss; loss resulting from revised valuation
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
when it comes to; concerning
self-; from (a time or place)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
list price; regular price; established price
economic collapse; economic meltdown
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
to fly around; to scatter
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
social responsibility; social accountability
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
(some small) help; an aid; some assistance
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
market-based mechanisms; open-market forces; basic principle of a free market
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
listening device; bug; wiretap
to breathe out; to exhale
outsider; someone outside of a group
commitment; pledge; promise
bottled beer; bottle beer