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Banks get ready for Greek failure to pay debt

Vocabulary

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failure to pay back debts

to go bust

to go bankrupt, to have no money to pay debts

bonds

certificates of debt issued by a government or corporation

worthless

of no value

at risk

exposed to the possibility of losing money

to inject

to introduce, to put into

to shore them up

to support them

turning on

attacking or criticizing suddenly and unexpectedly

to come under pressure

to be affected by the crisis

a firewall

a barrier to prevent the spread