Investment banking Dream turns to nightmare

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interesting because you find it shocking or exciting

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juicy

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to move away or back

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retreat

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the act of moving or taking something away or back

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withdrawal

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to tell somebody what you think they should do in a particular situation

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advise

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a situation in which somebody is defeated easily and completely in a battle or competition

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rout

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having strong and unusual qualities

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gutsy

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badly planned or designed

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ill-conceived

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the practice of trying to lose weight

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slimming

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a state of great anxiety and confusion

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turmoil

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to try to prevent something or to prevent somebody from doing something, especially by making it difficult to do or by showing that you do not approve of it

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discourage

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a person whose job involves working with numbers, such as an accountant

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number-cruncher

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to think something or have an opinion about something

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reckon

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to push somebody/something in a rough way

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shove

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not appearing in an official stock exchange list

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over the counter

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sad and without hope

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gloomy

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to reduce something by a large amount

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slash

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to change the shape or structure of something

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reshaping

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happening at the same time as something else, especially because one thing is related to or causes the other

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concomitant

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the return and growth of an activity that had stopped

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resurgence

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there is not enough of it and it is only available in small quantities

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scarce (=adjecitve)

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a spoken or written answer

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response

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to make a hole in something by removing part of it

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hollowing-out

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to have a strong desire to achieve or to become something

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aspire (=anstreben)

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to spoil or reduce the value of something

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sully

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the act of influencing something in a dishonest way in order to get the result that you want

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rigging

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a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society

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backlash

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to happen; to start to exist

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arise

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the central and most important part of a particular place or activity

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hub