Sharp rises increase the chances that some Banks fall flat over their interest rate risk.

利率大幅上升加大了某些银行因利率风险而倒闭的可能性。

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When a speaker's intention is to impress the audience rather than improve the condition of the audience, the speech tends to fall flat.

演讲者如果只想着给听众留下好印象，而不是通过演讲给听众带来的一些实质性的改善，那么只能流于平庸。

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For those times when grace is lacking and you fall flat on your face in the middle of a room, the true test of your femininity is your ability to laugh it off!

在那些欠缺优雅的场合，你可能站在房间正中面对尴尬的场景，这时最好的女人味就是能够对此一笑置之。

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Focusing on driving volumes approach would fall flat if it is keen to penetrate emerging economies like India and China.

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In Europe, we saw the Spanish bank bailout fall flat on its face and interest rates spike in Spain and Italy.

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Chances are that the best of the best will continue to sell well at auction while the mediocre will fall flat.

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