Crowds eddied in the darkness around card-sharp tables, ring-toss stalls, hawkers selling snails in broth under flickering gas torches, and the main attraction – a rickety wooden “Wall of Death”.

在黑暗中，赌牌摊，掷环摊四周人头挤挤，闪烁的煤气灯下，小贩在叫卖蜗牛汤。

The worsening of these figures reflects a deterioration in the quality of credit card portfolios, relating in particular to the sharp rise in personal bankruptcies.

上述比率上升，主要因为个人破产个案急升，令信用卡组合的质素恶化。

The sharp contrast of gold and black colors symbolizes the bank's idea of individualization. The neutral color tone makes the card look reliable and solid.

金色与黑色的对比透露出银行的人性化，中性化的色调显得沉稳大方又不乏力度。

Counterparties like Goldman Sachs, knowing it could use the bankruptcy laws to force AIG to sell high quality assets to pay off its gambling debts, played them like a Vegas card sharp never losing a minute of sleep worrying that the rube might go broke.

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Borrowing figures released on Thursday showed another sharp rise in credit card lending.

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Its credit card portfolio, fortunately, did not see a sharp increase in deliquencies in December.

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