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Question		Answer
contigency plan start learning		a plan for dealing with a future event or situation that might cause problems
hedge start learning		if you hedge a financial risk, you protect yourself against it, for example with futures or options
subsidiary start learning		a company that is at least half-owned by another company
churn out start learning		constantly produce
charlatan start learning		a fake, imposter
maverick start learning		non-conformist and independent thinker
mainstream start learning		the current of thought of the majority
laureate start learning		a person who is given an award for outstanding achievement
concoct start learning		create, invent
staggering start learning		overwhelming, amazing, shocking
preclude start learning		prevent, avert, cease
against the odds start learning		to do sth although it is unlikely to succeed
at odds start learning		in conflict, disagreement
beat the odds start learning		to succeed despite not having a good chance of succeeding
make no odds start learning		to not be important, to not change a situation or result
long odds start learning		a poor chance of succeeding
odds and sods/ends start learning		small things of various kinds without much value
odds are in someone's favors start learning		someone is very likely to succeed
chance would be a fine thing start learning		sth you would like to happen is very unlikely
the chances are... start learning		it is likely that...
they don't stand a chance start learning		they cannot possibly achieve it
it's the luck of the draw start learning		the result of sth cannot be controlled and depends on chance
strike it lucky start learning		to suddenly have a lot of unexpected luck
it's anyone's call start learning		the outcome of a situation is uncertain and any result is equally likely
bonanza start learning		boom, a good situation to make money
embargo start learning		an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
glitch start learning		an error
imbroglio start learning		very awkward, complicated, confusing situation
mogul start learning		important, powerful
per capita start learning		for each person
tycoon start learning		someone wealthy, successful
status quo start learning		to leave sth as it is
pundit start learning		an expert in a particular subject who is frequently called upon to give their opinions to the public
pro rata start learning		proportionally
bubble start learning		rapidly rising prices in a particular sector, followed by a rapid collapse
credit crunch start learning		a huge reduction in the amount of credit available for banks to lend
default start learning		failure to repay a loan
deregulation start learning		the removal of many government controls from an industry or sector
go bankrupt start learning		to become insolvent - unable to pay debts
prime rate start learning		the interest rate that commercial banks charge their most creditworthy borrowers
recession start learning		a decline in business activity lasting several months- officially six moths or more
securitization start learning		pooling financial assets which produce a cash flow, converting them into securities, and selling them to investors, in order to get liquidity

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