failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
aggregate amount of indebtedness
postwar period; period after Second World War
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)